It sounds like you may have backed yourself into a bit of a corner early on in your career. At least you didn't claim that United has always been your end goal but rather is currently your end goal because if had "always" been the goal, you would have made different choices out of college and maybe delayed the family thing etc while working for an airline or going the military route. You are at a bit of a crossroads here. The easy path would be to make the decision to stay corporate for the duration of your career. You could take advantage of the opportunities that are presenting themselves by so many jumping to the airlines. Some good jobs to be had in corporate. The pay can reach senior narrobody first officer pay or even wide-body first officer pay down the road ($250,000 plus). If you want more than that and the ancillary benefits that accompany a legacy job (UAL/DAL/AMR), you will have to take a lateral move (or slight to significant back step paywise) asap to get the traction required to make the leap to a legacy (or FDX/UPS/SWA). My advice is no different that what you have read above. Bite the bullet now and get a regional job where the hours will come much quicker and start peppering the LCC/Majors with applications which are updated each month. Network and attend job fairs etc. Guy in my new hire class well over a decade ago had all corporate time but he was the exception. He also had about 7,000 hours and 5 or 6 type ratings. Best of luck.