Nope, things must have changed. I was scheduled for more but I lost 5 hours to a cancellation. Day 1 the check airman said we'll do your line check on the last leg.

I wouldn't be surprised if the check airmen figured this is a way to make a bit of extra cash. My sample size is around 20 new hires from this year, and none of them did their line check mid-trip.

You can see for yourself how much IOE people are getting, it ain't hard. Lowest I've seen has been just over 28 hours.