agree with Jaba, keep the good income, buy your own, fly when and where you want and how you want.. i have always aspired to the big shiny jet, but after a few jump seat rides that dream changed to putting a SAAB into Cooma on a cold winters night with 20kt winds.. far more fun than Autoland and Autopilots for 8 hrs at a time. then i discovered flying Inverted and 8 or more rotation spins, so now dream is a nice RV7 CSU, with inverted oil and fuel systems..
i still consider the Regional would be a fun career choice, but then see the negatives also....