Have to agree with Juice, Tink (my man...congrats, by the way), and flyJSH...I've noticed skyhigh is ALWAYS tappin' his toes to the wrong beat. C'mon...if you went from the regionals to 757 LLC f/o, there are jobs to be had...check out climbto350 or other similar sites.
I also went to college/military in the late '80's and NO you did NOT walk on with the majors after a few hundred hours and a degree in hand. That didn't happen, unless you made a typo and meant the late '60's. (Even then, you had guys leaving tours from Southeast Asia in Phantoms and going to the front of the line)
Tink...right on the money...when the shiite-hits-the-fan in the cockpit, I'll take the "uneducated" freight-dog sitting next to me over the "educated" Riddle-diddle anyday of the week and twice on Sundays. By the way...the military does not necessarily require a degree to fly-see USNR NavCad, USA Warrant Officer, etc.
No I don't have a 4 year degree, (left college early as a NavCad), and to those who've posted that college was far more difficult than flying...I have no idea where you're flying, but college is a joke compared to airline training...(and I majored in Finance Business admin)