Some regional airlines in this country need to realise that they are not flying to the moon and that the glory days of having half the country with quadruple your requirements, harassing you for a job are over. Maybe some of these guys need to start assessing how they do business. I don't believe you could wipe out that many people on standards alone.
Remember that in the rest of the world flying a Dash 8 isn't really a big deal. People even fly jets with a few hundred hours.