Originally Posted by TED74

Shadow bidding is solely for pay determination. No other reason, no matter what anyone tells you. You are never awarded shadow trips (look below you on the Wide report and you'll see they either went to someone junior to you or into open time). They were never on your schedule. They were never dropped. PBS is just saying "if not for the shadow designation, here's how your bid would have played out."

OE schedulers know your shadow bid is not relevant to them, only the shadow period itself (that you don't control). It behooves them to get you complete ASAP, as their performance is measured by such metrics. You'll notice and experience (fleet dependent) that your quality of life is of little to no concern for them. For that reason, it would be nice to have IQ and OE golden days in the next contract. That being said, there could be a penalty paid for OE golden days depending on how/if we allowed them to affect shadow bidding.