Military pilot with 4400 hrs is atleas the same as civil with 5500 hrs. You can walk right into a major. But this isn't about jobs for pilots at the regionals, as much as it's about erosion of the profession.
Getting $100K for an RJ is a done deal. Comair will get atleast that in their contract, the problem is that as the 416 RJ's DAL orders make their way to ASA/Comair, the average pilot will be making less, by vertue of the fact that the average pilot will fly an RJ and not a 737 or larger.
Anyway, I start a 3 day trip in the morning, I'll catch up with you in 3 days.