Ha, AMEX you brought back some memories. I had to travel far far away as well to find a flying job that paid some of my bills. I understand the desparation of low-timers, but it is not a solution. This will damage your future pay and ours.
The airline industry has never made sense to me! Let's take a look at the regional pilot issue...
New-hire regional pilots can expect an annual salary of 12K+,
after e.g. Comair and dozen of other mostly regional airlines required them to pay up to $14,000 for their own training.
Regional pilots use flightdecks and have workloads that are similar to "airline pilots", although regional pilots typically perform more instrument approaches and landings at more remote airports.
So, if regional pilots are paid so low, the tickets must be really cheap, too? Errrr, no! Comair tickets did not cost half of what Delta tickets did. Then it was said that the regionals were not generating as much $ as the majors because of fewer seats.
Well surprisingly, some of the largest regionals in the US archieved a profit margin of 20% or more (pre 11 Sept) while the major airlines could only show a 3% margin. This was because of the same reason your computer parts are made in China or Taiwan:
Cheap Labour 
Isn't it sad that some companies require
you to pay a CV or interview processing fee? That clearly shows disrespect towards us pilots. We're just pushin' buttons up there, right?
Heard that one more than a few times!