I seriously doubt the FAA will allow them to add that many airplanes to their certificate. Especially since they don't currently fly -900s and don't have a -900 program in place.

Tell that to the lifers at Pinnacle that are about to be put on the street. Or Comair guys. Qol is all great and dandy when your regional is growing. But it ain't gonna last. Look at what's happening. The regional model is rightsizing itself. Don't worry, those at Skywest and Expressjet will feel the same effects. Maybe not now but you will. Have the opportunity to bail, bail.

Someone gets it. Just going over to a major is easier said than done.

FWIW,

Why do we pilots have to always defend career decisions?
Everyone has a different family/personal situation, world view, values system etc,etc
We don't know until we retire or lose our medical if the various choices we made worked out or bit us.
I have worked for 2 "mainlines", they are both gone. I also know a gentleman who quit Federal Express during their dark days to go corporate. None of us has a crystal ball regarding a companies future.
So in short, perhaps we should all respect the drummer each individual hears.
Ok...rant over.
And so it goes.

What some people dont realize...

When these majors start hiring with no TPIC req, and all these lowly regional FO's and junior captains leave because its an upgrade after a year or two to them.. what happens to all these top half, senior captains making 100k flying a 50 seater? Sure, the top of of those top half with be safe, but what happens to the rest? Instant downgrade, that is more of a pay cut than if they had gone to the majors hiring a year or two earlier.

So much for secure

What you're describing isn't going to happen overnight. They aren't going to start hiring no PIC until the supply of PICs is exhausted. So anyone who chose to stay by that point made their own bed. We're talking 10 years away.

Delta Air Lines orders up to 70 Bombardier CR
 

Wasn't there a CRJ9 / 190 pay rate in Delta's last contract or am I just too tired to think straight right now?

that seems a bit far down the line.. it may happen sooner than you think.. Airways and Delta already have there 'Minimums' posted without a PIC requirement. Buddy up with a Chief Pilot, or the right person's secretary or assistant.. and you're in like a thong in oprah's rear

Yes.

It's always been that way. We've already had a few "special" FOs with no PIC go straight to Delta.

We actually just got the -900 program approved by the FAA. Management says that while we don't have any plans for 900's, however, it keeps their options open.