I highly doubt that as if that were the case you'd be close to or beyond retirement age.
Since when is what another company starts their employees at justification for your salary? So a legacy starts their FO's in the 30's, although since you used SW lets go with them, they start their FO's at over 50k and year two pay is over 90. Thats 12 bid periods, 79 credit hours (monthly guarantee) and no per diem factored in as per diem is not salary.
I don't get the "it's how management compensates fr taking the risk"...they take a risk every 6 months or any time you upgrade. Why doesn't your salary drop then also?
So your jet is "easy" to fly. but a SW 737 is hard. So when all of SW is flying say the 738, which I assume will be much easier vs the old steam gauged 73, should their pay go down because it is easier? What about companies flying the 787 or the A380, should their pay fall since those jets are supposedly highly automated?
I am not saying you are wrong for taking a job. We all need to eat and provide for our families. I took issue with you saying..."I love the job. I'll make over $30k on first year pay, have half of the month off, fly an automated, easy to fly jet with overnights in the largest cities in the US. Most of the people hating life are the ones trying to commute on reserve." as it comes off as though you are living the dream and are happy to be making 30k a year to fly a machine. Yeah, flying is cool, but it's still a job. And 30k for a professional job is sad. It may work for you, but I know for many people that is a poverty wage. Take the job, act professionally but do not promote it as though the issue is people trying to commute in that makes it difficult, the issue is the race to the bottom.
You are not to blame, but the attitude of "this is great, I get to fly a jet and they even pay me for it" is. It wont ever go anywhere and if you want a shot at the majors, for many people it means holding your nose and diving into the stink. It doesn't mean you should be happy with it or should ever stop fighting to improve the reality.