Originally Posted by
GunshipGuy
I don't know if the answer to #1 is correct. Maybe IOE is different from OE, but my memory from converting from the 88 to the 717 was that I had about 5 days of Shadow on my schedule after training. I had two four day trips scheduled back to back after my training (the second 4-day started on the last shadow day). As a result both of those two trips were paid and I didn't fly them. I got a 2-day with a LCA where I completed my OE.
So I don't think you fly out the rest of the shadow bid, but you do fly out the rest of the month's bid after shadow. At least that was my experience (as I recall).
This is also in the situation where you get a line right out of training. Most NH pilots get a reserve line out of training so. Scheduling will build a reserve line with off-days and RES days; when you get signed off from IOE/TOE, you just pick up your reserve schedule for the rest of the month.