Keep flying the RJ and put your stuff in at Cathay. Also, you may want to consider Emirates as well.
I fly ACMI, and I can tell you it really sucks (more than you can imagine)...all of us are leaving for LCC's or foriegn airlines (Cathay, Emirates, contract jobs in India and Japan etc).
RJ is good quality time and get's you ready for the heavies (jet, glass, FMS are all the same concepts).