You are right, you should only look at moving up in your career once you get the required experience as fast as you can. Speaking or which, maybe you should think of moving up in yours, have you applied to FedEx, UPS, or SW?

And yes, I read your post, but I came from a company where I HAD to make a lateral move due to the company going out of business. I had no PIC time and had no other alternative. With that in mind, not EVERYBODY sees this job/career as a race or a sprint to the finish line. There are way to many outside and unknown factors for you to criticize why somebody would make a lateral move in the regionals.