OldFlyGuy has it exactly right.
Its astounding to me that people can't understand this concept.

The crew schedulers probably have a bell they get to ring every time they cover a trip at straight rates that should have gone green. High-fives all around.

If we had an old school monthly cap with bow-wave and spillback we'd probably have another 1000 captains at this airline.
But no, people want to fly 99 hours a month. They think restrictions on picking up time do nothing but limit their earnings.

Its lunacy, but I guess its an unstoppable trend.

The goal of contract negotiations used to be "More money. More time off."
The second part of that has kinda gone away.