Yeah, that kinda sucks, but on the other hand in order to qualify you have to have been an instructor for the school so it's not exactly a "bridge" program in the sense that you do some magical CRJ transition course for $xx,000 dollars and voila, you're a CRJ pilot.
So, compared to
Eagle,
Pinnacle,
ASA, TSA,
PSA,
ExpressJet,
Colgan, it doesn't seem so bad. Did I miss any?