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Tinfoilhat.
'Who cares what they think'. I could counter that with who cares what you think. This was a most interesting discussion but with an attitude like that you're either a 50 year captain who brooks no argument, or you're management out to screw the rest of the workforce. Neither sounds like a pleasant chap and one I'd avoid trying to converse with.
If you don't even recognise your co-pilot's experience, nor do you care what they think have you considered the safety aspect of those two flying together. Probabaly not but the fact that the captain is a skygod trumps everything - or so you believe.
Please tell us all who you fly for so that we can all take a wide berth of you and your ilk.
S