Then sell yourself!!! What do you do on a checkride if you don’t know the answer to the question? Do you shut down and sulk go through the motions and resign yourself to failing? What are you gonna do if you get an interview and they ask about a previous mistake?

”Wow that’s a lot of hours. My flight hours may not be competitive, but I believe in a whole person concept, here’s why I think the rest of my resume makes up for it...” Throw in a bit about overcoming adversity. Ask what else you’re maybe missing that can make up for some of the hours. They aren’t telling you no, they’re saying on the face of it you aren’t competitive, and that’s maybe poor form on their part, but they’ve not telling you to F off and apply again in 10 years. There’s more to getting hired than just flight hours. I would look at upgrading asap, union or safety or training opportunities, hell even some volunteer work or whatever because I guarantee you some folks are getting hired with less than that several thousand hours competitive mark.