But if your pilots are "self-employed" you don't pay them when they are off sick, so you don't care.
That's what needs shutting down PDQ: and it is all in their own hands = the pilots. Own worse enemies. Have been since 70's. It's all come back to sting them.
What has been the effect on annual production with those companies who used not to use a rolling duty roster but zero'd hours at a convenient date for the company, but are not now allowed to do so? (is that the case under EASA?) This included not crediting accumulated annual hours already in the log-book when joining, but starting from zero? It was very easy to go >FTL limit in a rolling 12 months. But which self-employed pilot is going to refuse to work for some more dosh having coff'd up for much of the costs during transition?