Yes I chose to stay on the Options pay scale. My choices 1) Bid an SIC slot on a larger aircraft and remain pay frozen until my pay catches up( unknown duration) 2)Go from a fixed schedule to the PBS and work an average 16 days more per year for $20,000? No thanks, I have a life outside of this place. Now that the Union has negotiated for us to bid PIC slots in larger aircraft, I will wait my turn to hold one of those seats.