Red... yeah, you´re right, but is a kind of..
some years ago most of the american fellows were running out looking for greener pastures and now the airlines in US are facing a coming shortage...so they have 3 options, improve their crappy terms and conditions, lowering the minimum requirements until certain point cause the FAA 1500 hour rule is gonna be a fact....or stop operations and /or expansion and let the aircraft grounded.
Market law, cupcake....if you can not sell your car for 5, you will lower the price... but if you have a long queue of crazy guys offering you 10....
Do you get my point?