Perhaps you can explain why you believe pilots being required to undertake positioning duties in their rest periods/days off is smoke and mirrors and not a breach of FTL's please ?
They are not 'required' people choose to accept a lifestyle to live where the planes are not and therefore do it by choice.
I live near the airport I fly from but I could equally live in another country. As long as I get to my base for my flight wether by air, sea or land is irrelevant.
The point that your missing is that if I travel by FR to work I am not a pax but recorded as crew! Hence on duty in theory.
Buy a ticket and the issue goes away!!
Thats the issue none wants to spend out and 'buy' a ticket to get to work because working for FR is sold on a free commute if you cant be based at home.
And FR sure as hell don't want you to count the hours of your commute.