Closing Arguments:

1. Regionals are designed to wip up a fresh 1500 hr 172 CFI into an Airline Pilot. The regional Check Airman have dealt with scenario for years with these type of experience; you know, how to land a jet for the first time. What is de-icing? Radio calls in JFK, flow in ORD. So, go to a regional that will gladly teach you this, not buy yourself into a Major airline that will expect you to know all these things on day one of IOE.
2. Your typical civilian new hire at a Major airline is regional guy used and abused for years. The mere fact that they are out of the regionals makes their attitude much more pleasant. You bought your job, it makes you a consumer, which gives you entitlement. If your entitlement expectations are not met, you develop a self destructive attitude, which will be a pain to deal with from the training department all the way to the line pilot.
3. You are buying yourself a job, no questions about it. Your average regional pilot did not. They bought the flight training, worked their way up to the regionals without any guarantee that their seniority number is reserved at a major. Only thing that will get them there is merit. You are bypassing everything by just writing a 125k check. Imagine starting a 4 day trip where the captain had to slum it out at the regional level, network and work their way into B6, while you, bought your job. Imagine the level of respect from your peers.
4. If B6 is worried about a pilot shortage, then maybe they should stop ignoring high time regional CAs and LCAs who are deemed untrainable. Lots of us will be happy in any seat if our QOL and paycheck is better. B6 will have a net pool of 3000 candidates, which is not a shortage.

There's no way around it, you bought yourself a job, and it's not even guaranteed. Idotic is not even correct world to describe this type of action. Get a job using your own merit, if you have none then....