Carl,
I continue to fail to see your logic. With the current RJ guys, yes you have a point. However, there are 3 tiers of regional pilots. Pure turboprop, orginal equipment turboprop then forced to the jets when regional mgmt when jet crazy, and the third are those hired into a "D" scale rj operation.
Let me pose a question for you. Take for instance an individual who was hired to fly B1900's, EMB120's, ATR 42's, and J31's (to follow in the standard timeline of airline career progression). That individual was content and happy to hop around Toledo and Flint to build time and move on, just like their precedessors in the decades before. Now their regional mgmt saw the cash cow of FFD contracts and upgraded to rj's (it's what the consumer wanted, right?). What was said individual supposed to do to make you happy? Quit???
According to your logic pilots flying beech 99's are then to blame for career stagnation when the "majors" transitioned from DC-3's all those years ago.