................it's not an hrs issue anymore here with Rex or any other commercial carrier for that matter it's simply that growth is now outstripping available resources/crew. Still there are numerous pilots out there ( I know of many) that have way beyond these poultry hrs with lots of experience & few ever get a look in never lone a basic interview!
....................their ( Comm carriers) finally getting their just rewards, they've not done their homework by checking & retaining crews by way of decent W&C's and to see if there is actually enough resource out there to cover their expanding requirments.
What goes around comes around, they have left a lot of good drivers out in the cold over the years and not planned for the future.
Capt wally