Another thing..if you're hung up about the pay, and if you're fairly young AND single, move to your base...

Much more flexibility in trip bidding, adding a day trip, picking up pieces of someone else's trip etc...

I commuted to a regional for 2 years...I was able to make it work financially but it sucked worrying about commutable trips, report times etc.. Moved to base for the next 2 years and was able to do any length of trip, pick up open time, add and drop stuff etc...

Life at a regional sucks, but much less "sucky" if ya don't have to add in a commute on top of everything else that sucks.