With regionals, sometimes the job sucks, sometimes it doesn't.
What is guaranteed to suck, 95% of the time, is the regional career.
Worst case, you get COMAIRed about the time your kids start college, with no professional skills, no degree, and too old to start over anywhere but walmart or another regional.
Best case, you luck into a sweet deal where you can live where you want and they never close your base. And you get to watch your peers who made it to the bigs pull down three times your pay for easier work and more days off.