Two things. First, there is EVERY reason why an RJ captain should make 100K+ per year. Every business man will tell you that you are worth what people are willing to pay you. No more, no less. It's all about negotiations, either singly or as a group. That's just the way it is. Can we continue to make that kind of money? Who knows. Maybe not. But, worth it? Yes.

Second, most of the 100K+ captains I know (other than the guys with less than ten years to go until retirement) have no desire to simply retire on a 100 seat jet. Most I know (myself included) are taking the huge paycut (like 70k) to move on to a mainline, be it to AA via the flow (that would be me, one of the numbered pilots), or to any other airline via the usual off the street hiring process.