I too was once in the "no way to regional pay" crowd.

Then no majors called. Then my currency went from 300 in the last 12, to 100, to 0 then back to 6.

It's just the reality that if I want to fly, my choices are Regional, get lucky and find a good 135 job, or DOD contractor (applied, have gotten one call, waiting on interview).

I personally am not a fan of how the regional pay scale is, but I do understand that the industry doesn't have much of an incentive to change it as long as pilots are beating down their doors.