Depending on what you wear, it might pay more than that regional would!

I'm not saying get out of flying. If it is what you love, do what you love. All I am saying is that after you've been at it for awhile, and you've visited ATL twenty times over the last 6 days, the SJS (shiny jet syndrome) will wear off. If you love it more power to you. I like flying more than I would like to sell shoes, but it too is a job that provides food on my table and a roof over my head.