Starting at 22 and hoping to be at a regional by 24 may be a stretch, though I'm sure it has been done, things change all the time. With the 1500 hour rule and now the new ATP rule where you need level D? simulator time to get your ATP, this career is getting more costly and the barrier of entry is getting harder, not easier and the regionals are about to go into a tailspin due to this.

I see you talking about living in base, one thing you have to understand is that bases close and open all the time. You could be living in base then 2 years later, poof, it is gone. Are you going to move again? I see this happening as the regionals struggle to staff their aircraft fleets.

I may have missed it and apologize if I did but do you have a bachelors degree? If not, the Majors won't even look at you without one, I hope you plan on getting one if you haven't already.

Right now, work on getting the ratings and instructing, by the time you reach 1500 hours, this industry, especially the regionals, will be a whole new animal.