G Line
 

How do you figure out the G Line in another category...without downloading the award and scrolling through and trying to guess, I mean? Isn't there some document posted somewhere?

Go onto PBS
Click "documents"
'you'll see a g-line document there I believe

Nope. Or at least, not at this time.

Crew Resources Updates give a general range, which is no more helpful than downloading the award and scrolling through to see about where the junior lineholder sits (which is still an estimate, because one doesn't know what one doesn't know).

And if my colleagues wonder why it matters, I readily admit that it doesn't. I'm just filled with morbid curiosity.

It will be. Give until the 4th. Every month its there.😎

It actually does matter, as.you can't be forced onto reserve if you're above it (unless you're a line donor, deliberately or otherwise).

March G-Line document is gone from PBS, it looks like. April will be there around the time PBS opens on the 4th, if not a little sooner. We're still flying the Feb mid month, be patient for April.

it’s not a general guideline. G-line guarantees you a line if you bid for one. That doesn’t mean that people below the g line cannot get a line. Very often more junior folks get a line for various reasons. They were just not guaranteed a line.

They just haven’t set the G-Lines yet for April. It’ll show up where the poster above mentioned.
It lists every pilot who represents the G line in each BES.
That line isn’t necessarily the junior line holder, mind you. It’s just the most junior person in that BES to be guaranteed a line if they bid for one.

Also remember that the G-line is a moving target. You can be above it one month, and below another.

Sure sounds like you’ve got it all figured out already! Lol after 2 months at UAL?

The March G-line report was indeed published under "System Documents" after the CAT awards were published. I viewed it myself about a week ago. For some reason it's no longer there, maybe as the system has reset itself to process April bids. If it's not back up in a few days, be sure to check in after April awards come out.

All of the historical G-Line data is also archived at the PrefBid web site.

And for anyone really interested in the g-line, remember you can still screw yourself

If you submit 20 bids and #20 is a reserve bid, you can be put on reserve because you asked for it.

You have to submit only line bids to be guaranteed a line.

I see the archived category reports on there, but is the historical g-line/LPA doc hidden on there somewhere too? I’m probably just missing it. Thanks for pointing this out though… didn’t realize that was available.

If you don't know please don't give an incorrect answer 😞

How do people bid not knowing that bidding can't open until the company published the document that show the Line construction floor, average and ceiling, plus the G-line for each category. How do you bid without knowing this important data?

If you do anything in your career, spend some time learning about PBS...

or don’t, and let us junior people get better lines while they yell at the sky.

Well you can ALWAYS count on that! It's such a simple, powerful, important tool that affects you so much and so many refuse to learn it.

And yes, that's great for those of us that do...

Now that I have my answer (to a straightforward, honest question), how do I delete this thread so that people can stop reading into my tone and assigning me arrogance, ignorance, or cockiness that I do not possess? My original question referenced ANOTHER category. How do I find the G Line in ANOTHER category? One could reasonably read the question and understand that I know how to find the G Line, and why it is important, in MY OWN category. The question has been answered. Thank you everyone!

it’s not a dumb question, it’s a document that appears and disappears based on the the date, if you didn’t know to look you could miss it every month