One aspect of the upcoming reduction in the REX schedule may be, strangely enough, a surplus of F/O's. With the large number of Captains resigning, and the majority of F/O's not going anywhere, what happens to the excess? With the constant stream of graduating cadets coming through the system well into the future, REX will have lots of pilots, but they'll be much less productive than they should be!
Also, REX are currently interviewing around 2 dozen "experienced" pilots in a belated effort to mitigate the situation. Mmmm, lets see, when will these pilots be ready for upgrade? My guess is sometime after their interviews with a rival carrier.
Be interesting to see LKH's reaction to the revelation that not only will the latest direct entries fail to stick around (dugh!), but he is now carrying a large inventory of spare F/O's!