Seems like you have two type of people in this thread:

1. The older generation whom feel that no one deserves to be flying at an airline unless you pay your dues and have risked your live one way or another for 3000 Hours in a old crappy turboprop. Go to ****ty company, work in ****ty conditions, dirty airplanes, and all single pilot IFR (but it must be in mountainous terrain, and when icing is present, otherwise you still aren't good enough). They do not seem to realize that no respectable major airline will hire you from a place like this.

2. The people whom are a bit smarter and go to a good regional, upgrade as soon as possible and move on. Why make it harder on your self and go to companies like this, and work harder than you have to. Get your upgrade, get your PIC, and move on to JetBlue, United, and live a nice life.

Our older generation of pilots don't seem to understand that this is a different game now, there are many options to about it, and the old school way just isn't it.