Originally Posted by
FL370esq
I guess I am missing something in your rant. When you finish qual training, "they" (OE planners) can put a trip where ever so long as it is FAR117 compliant. Shadow bidding has zero effect on that. Shadow bidding is solely for pay purposes. You are getting paid the greater of the OE trip or the shadow trip when the two touch. If they put OE on that doesn't touch your shadow trip, then you are getting paid for the OE trip as well as the shadow trips. Some people like that extra pay.
Now, would it be nice to have the ability to place a few OE Golden Days on your sked? Sure. Maybe C2022 will get that for us. But, till then, it is what it is.
That actually explains his situation perfectly.
The company spends less money if they put the OE trip on top of a shadow trip, so they try to do that. He bid so that a shadow trip was on top of days he wanted off. Since he was asking the company to essentially pay him extra (since overlap would be greater of the two, not both) they balked and offered to accommodate him if he gave up the extra pay.
In other words, the company pays you a premium if they put an OE trip outside of your shadow trips so while they can put them anywhere, it's a bad idea to have a shadow trip on days you want off.