Originally Posted by APCLurker

Bucket 1 will fly before a 2. Bucket 1 and 2 will fly before a 3.

Short call has it's own bucket. Somebody with zero, one, or two shortcalls will get assigned one before someone with 3.

You could be in bucket 2 for flying, but if you have had 0 short calls, you will get a shortcall before someone in flying bucket 1 that has 3 short calls already.

Clear as mud?