Ok, for all you smart guys..........

What is a "shadow bid" in PBS. It's after I'm done with training, but it doesn't go all the way to the end of the month. Can I bid a trip that goes into those supposedly days off at the end of the month?

I'm thinking just bidding a list of trips as normal and then have training take them away when I'm scheduled for OE (glad I'm not senior enough to take nice ones)? Also, I assume I'm on some sort of reserve until the end of the month after OE? Or is that the "wrong company".........only been 13 years since I did a school