It’s Not Worth Showing Off

So this kind of thing is basically shop-specific, where one airline and its pilot group either doesn’t address it or basically allows it, while another airline and/or pilot group specifically prohibits it? If this is the case, am surprised more airlines don’t specifically disallow it, if just due to your last sentence alone.
I’ve never seen anyone pay for someone else’s trip here. I see no logical reason too. We can’t bid to fly with check airmen either. What is common here is say you have a trip you just can’t seem to get anyone to pick up from you and can’t trade out of it, so you post to drop with a sweetener of $500 if anyone picks it up. I’ve never done it in either end and would feel bad taking a fellow pilot’s money like that. I don’t think there is anything against the rules about it however.
 
so you post to drop with a sweetener of $500 if anyone picks it up. I’ve never done it in either end and would feel bad taking a fellow pilot’s money like that. I don’t think there is anything against the rules about it however.

This is pretty common at my shop. I honestly don't know if it's allowed or not but I'm guessing it is since it seems to be common.

I like what @derg said about "butterfly effect." That's pretty much how the lives of the junior FOs go. The major things that happen here - vacancy bids, supplementals, pairing changes, etc...very little of it has a first-order effect on the junior pilots. It's second and third-order effects.
 
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