I believe this part of the contract is the same as when I left Purple.....If either/both of the bubbas are bumped for IOE, they get paid, and have NO recovery obligation.

Guys would buddy bid me, and in a growth phase, they could get the entire month off at full line credit....many times every one of my line trips had an IOE student assigned....the bumpee could volunteer to fly on any of those days and receive that pay, plus his bumped trip pay.

There is/was none of that holding trips out of line construction to assign to LCA's for IOE.......seems like a real give back to DAL mgt, to the detriment of all F/O's.

Best of luck,
BG