IND to ORD can be difficult on the UAL side. The flights are pretty full. I've tried jumping on earlier flights a couple times to avoid sitting for three hours waiting for a deadhead only to get bumped. There are quite a few mainline pilots that live here and of course you have all the S5 pilots going back and forth.
If you really have to fly a jet, you might want to think about moving to ORD. If staying in Indy is more important you might want to consider swimming for a while. I have a feeling that we will ramp up hiring again pretty fast once corporate catches up.