If it's an Avro RJ100 with up to 110 seats, then yes, I agree (having just been part of a franchise that was integrated into BA mainline because their 737/500 had similar no of seats).
But you have to face the economic facts of life, and there just aren't enough seats on a barbie jet to finance the same salaries that the majors pay for 737 pilots.
They may be little rocket ships and require just as much skill and experience to fly, but the world doesn't work like that.
Bums on seats is what drives your pay packet.