LIFIZGUD, and anyone else who have had scheduling pull these kind of reserve assignment stunts, below are the relevant sections of the contract. It is the kind of scheduling games you described, that the following sections of the contract are supposed to protect us from.

SECTION 14
SICK LEAVE

c. Reserve Pilots
The following shall apply to a reserve pilot who calls in sick for an R-day(s) or a reserve assignment:

iii. A reserve pilot on sick leave shall be assigned open time as if he were not on sick leave (Section 25.G.3. Open Time Assignment and Section 25.M.6. Reserve Assignment Options). A reserve pilot will maintain his leveling position on the reserve list, and the scheduled credit hours for any trips he is assigned and removed as sick will be credited toward his RLG and deducted from his sick bank. Commencing at 0900 LBT each day, a reserve pilot with an assignment(s) having a showtime during the next day shall be removed for sick leave and such assignment be available for open time assignment by CRS.

SECTION 25
SCHEDULING

M. Reserve
6. Reserve Assignment Options
Reserve assignments shall be made as follows:
a. Trips in excess of 50 hours TAFB may be assigned based upon the maximum utilization of available R-days. "First fly" elections shall be given priority consideration in the assignment of those trips.
b. Other reserve assignments shall be made in leveling order as follows:
i. The reserve pilot with the lowest leveling position within the RP (and sufficient R-days to perform the assignment) shall be assigned first (i.e., a pilot will not be skipped to optimize the use of another pilot’s reserve days remaining, except as provided in Section 25.M.6.a).
ii. If two or more pilots have the same leveling position, assignments shall be made in reverse seniority order.
iii. A reserve pilot shall be given the reserve assignment with the highest credit hour value for which he is legal at the time of assignment.
c. Notwithstanding Section 25.M.6.b., (leveling order):
i. Reserves who elected the "first fly" option as provided in Section 25.M.4. (above), shall be assigned in seniority order, prior to pilots who have not elected that option, until they have accrued 75% of RLG. A "first fly" reserve pilot who has met or exceeded 75% of RLG shall
thereafter be assigned without regard to "first fly." The 75% limitation shall not apply to R-days that are part of a mini-RLG.
ii. The Company may assign a reserve outside of leveling order to satisfy FAR minimum block hour requirements following training for a new crew position, and pilot proficiency requirements.

If you, or other guys you know of, have been assigned out of the leveling order described above, then you need to contact the Contract Enforcement office. This should be a no-brainer, even for our C.E. office.