Here are some of the places my team has helped guys get hired out of the military in 2011-2012:

Alaska, American Eagle, Express Jet, General Electric, FAA, FedEx, Atlas, Hawaiian, Virgin, Spirit, Jetblue, Southwest, Skywest, US Air, and World.

Jetblue is on a freeze that should break soon. World furloughed anyone I helped get hired in 2011. SWA has ceased hiring for a while. The rest? As far as I know they are still hiring. I expect CAL/UAL to start next year, and possibly be joined by Delta.

You will take a pay cut..for a while. The alternative is you can be a great sim instructor somewhere at the end of your active duty career, which depending on your goals can be the perfect job or a boring way to finish off the rest of your professional life.

Personally--with an O-4 retirement in my pocket and some TRICARE to back me up, I'd follow my heart at this point. Your head has done the work for 24 years. What does your heart say at this point? What will feel worse--a few tough years moving job to job flying in pursuit of the "right" dream job, or getting a few more years of retirement but pretty much writing off an airline career? Chair fly both outcomes and then make the call you can live with. Nobody else on these boards will know the best answer except you.

Good luck!