I have 2000 hrs of heavy jet time, bachelor's degree and still having trouble getting into a major. Good luck in the 170.
Lots of people working at majors w/o heavy jet time. If people with lowly turbo prop time can get hired
I never understood why people are so grateful to work for a regional airline
At one point we were all pretty happy to be hired by a regional/first turbine operation. Perhaps your memory is either fading or skewed by your constant negativity.