Sooo.... Citations, Hawkers, Challengers, Gulfstreams, Lears, Metroliners, ATRs, I could go on, don't qualify? You DO NOT need to attend regional purgatory to be hired from a major.

Further, you are basing all your assumptions in a perfect world. Go to a regional today and you are likely to a) be an FO for a long time and b) get furloughed based on what I personally see happening in the near future. Go to Cape and you build PIC and retain your seniority if you ever need to go back (which in this industry is a fairly likely occurrence).

I understand your basic argument, and in a perfect sense, you are right. However there are entirely too many variables in this incredibly volatile example to categorically say, "You will get to a major faster if you don't go to Cape." You absolutely can't make that argument in this reality. You can argue that in a perfect world maybe.

If you want to go to Cape Air. Go.

And FWIW, I don't, nor have I ever, worked there. YMMV.