Well, if you're senior enough, you can hold trips that get you 22-24 hours of credit per trip. do 4 four days and grab a nap = over 100 hours credit.

I agree. An FO will REALLy have to bust his balls to get close to the same as a captain on guarantee. But, have you ever sat reserve for long at ASA? The prospects of upgrading into a reserve slot on the captain side and sitting there for years isn't that appealing. All the movement is on the bottom end of the captain list, reserve slots being vacated by other reserve captains who've made the jump. I wouldn't ever anticipate being a Captain at ASA and having partial weekends off with a good chance of seeing your family around the holidays consistently.