Apparently, those jobs are fairly easy to get. Had a Colgan jumpseater a short time ago who said "lots" of regional FOs are doing exactly that. It takes a special sort of person who can live with that type of job (and most of us are not that person), but if you are, it could really pay off while you wait for things to sort themselves out stateside.

The biggest problem those guys will face is the attitude adjustment necessary to leave a high-paying foreign contract to come back to probation wages.