I agree with your statements, and stand corrected on a technical basis. I owe you a beer. :-)

So, only during consolidation it's max 8 hours?

How many lines are there above 64? I haven't counted, but not many. Unless they are short on crews and give you R's staying on your line only benefits a very small percentage of very senior people.

My opinion is staying on our lines is a reduction in potential credit hours compared to the old contract. Except for the very few.

As far as tracking consolidation to decide if a pilot needs to go to the sim if they haven't gotten their 100 hours of aircraft operational experience in the designated amount of time (I dont remember the time frame). Yes. As far as what goes in my logbook, no I log the whole flight.

IOE, I only loged what the instructor signed me off for that flight. Usually they credit up to 8 per flight,

Why? You're typed in the aircraft and a required crew member. I just logged it all.

That's cool man- I like logging time anyway; it's fun looking back on a flight from years back and remembering it.
I was just saying it astonishes me that the "big guys" even care whether you have 7598.4 hours or ~7200. That was all.

You are absolutely correct but remember, when we weren't flying our lines some guys were getting 90 hours while others were getting 30. Flying our lines is fair, rewarding greed isn't. If you wan't to try for more with a reserve line then looks like you'll need seniority, that's fair too.

You are typed, yes. But you are not a legal 121 F/O until signed off of IOE. Without an instructor you aren't legal in the seat. Instructor is not legal to instruct more than 8. That's why there are two other signed off F/O's for when the Capt./Instructor is not in the seat.

Just my interpretation and opinion. Haven't had anyone show me anything that proves different.

No, it is, The company cannot schedule you for more than 8 hours. as aptly stated if there are 3 crewmembers then if one is under distress the other 2 would technically not be in violation by flying more than 8 hours in that there is no specific prohibition against that. From a realistic practical matter, unless there is a problem you should never be in the seat for more than 8 hours in a 24 hour period.

Wrong. During IOE you are not a required crewmember.