I can't say I agree. Nearly every regional pilot I've met, with the exception of some senior captains who are happy with their $120K annual salaries and the relatively easy schedules their seniority allows them to hold, wants nothing more than to get to the majors as quickly as possible. They care very much about their employment situation.

However, given that the majors have more applicants than they can possibly handle, the only realistic way for non-military pilots to get the required experience is to tough it out at a regional for a decade, perhaps more. How else do you expect people to earn that coveted 1,000 hours of turbine PIC? Sure, there's corporate (which is a more difficult game to get into, and can involve a lot fewer flying hours per year if you're doing Pt. 91 operations). But what else is there, really?