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IMHO
I assure you when the public becomes informed that no airline can touch you until after you've logged 1500 hours, and after you wait 6 years and have spent 100,000 dollars you might get offered a prop gig out of fargo paying somewhere in the area of 19,000 per year. I highly doubt there will be a huge influx of highschoolers racing to join such a profession.
Funny, plenty of people did just this 20+ years ago. Perhaps it had something to do with a worthwhile payoff after a few years of crap - something the industry had done it's very best to eliminate.
You are correct - very few are going to find the rewards worthwhile if the end of the line is left seat of an RJ earning $75K/annum.
PS- Could be a B-747, if the $$$ aren't there, no one worthwhile is going to want to do it...