If the music stops where would you rather be? A lot of us thought we’d be at a major quickly and then there was a downturn(s) in the industry and became trapped at regionals for years while flying was taken away and bases closed, regionals shut down etc etc.

Take the first chance you can get to leave your regional and go to an airline where the name on the paycheck matches what is on the side of the plane. If it’s not permanent, that’s fine, you’ll have more security, better QOL and higher pay and look better to whatever carrier is your ultimate goal. However, if there is a downturn and hiring stops, or any number of other things you will be significantly better off at JB getting 16% put into your 401k and making $130/hr as an FO on your 2nd year.