Skyway,
Keep going mate. I don't think your pushing too much sh1t up-hill. 35 is not that bad an age for the Regionals, I'm not too sure about experience commensurate with age? But I can't see too many hassles with employing a 35 year old bloke with 3-4000hrs.
Obviously depends on how the industry is going and pre-9/11 you would have had a very good chance at the 2-3000hr mark. There's heaps of Pilots out there in the Regionals with similar backgrounds to yourself.
You'll be right
, hoss
ps. just imagine 'getting in' at 35, giving 25 years service to your Airline and retiring a veteran at seniority no.1.