Back to the OP's question...

At the larger SkyWest domiciles it would be possible to work high paying locals. When properly staffed you can bid/drop down to as few as 59 hours or fly as much as you are legal for. High paying would mean a credit of 6:30 or more. If locals aren't your thing than split duties or 2 or 3 days trips are available as well. The trick is to work high daily credit trips to maximize the number of days off. Some trips push the daily credit up to 7:30 or so.

What might be one's ideal schedule might not be another's, but if you are senior enough working 2 or 3 days a week of your choosing is possible. Keep in mind though that in order to bid in the top 10-20% of the seniority list for that position and domicile you're passing up a transition or upgrade -- which is perfectly fine if that's what you wan to do. (Nearly 500 out of the 1600+ FOs at SkyWest could hold the junior captain seat but have chosen to stay in the right seat.)

Our smaller domiciles typically don't have trips that pay as well on daily basis as the larger ones.

Living in domicile is a must.

You can still have a pretty good schedule bidding middle of the list. Below 60% things start to go down hill.

You can be very senior at a domicile like ORD or MSP and not even be able to hold a reserve line in place like SEA or PDX. It varies greatly among domiciles. I'd bid in the top 5% in MSP, 10% in ORD or IAH, but sit middle of the list in SLC.