It is minimum jobs offered per month, not guaranteed interviews. They have to make offers.

The pay cap is inconsequential. If you are a FO past 4 years, or a CA past 12 years, you have done something seriously wrong. With 10% of the pilot group guaranteed a job at mainline each year, you should be gone in less than 10 years wether or not you wait for the ssp. Regionals are not designed for lifers, and the cap's ensure that you do not stay too long.