I agree with you 100%. The regionals are not somewhere I want to be for any amount of time longer than necessary. However, Im still a low time guy with under 1k TT. I have already interviewed at ASA and have an interview next week at XJT. So, I guess you can consider me taking whatever I can get at this point.... and I consider myself lucky to even have interviews.
However, neither is in the bag. Its been past my two week waiting period at ASA... and still no "Welcome Aboard" or "Thanks but no thanks" letter. So, I am ultimately still in the take whatever comes your way boat... but it never hurts to look ahead, IF I get lucky enough to have a choice to make.