Well 'Bubba' - I wish you well in United. I'm sure that all the Senior Capts there are busy interrupting the before start checklist to go and make the bunks whilst the S/O does more important things.
I'm not surprised that you didn't get the slightly sarcastic (tongue in cheek) tone in my post. You seem an angry person who readily uses words like 'asshole' when you don't like something or somebody.
To say that the S/O is 'keeping the seat warm for the next guy' is also a very negative way of looking at his duties. Some of them are good and some not so. You must have been very overconfident to think that you were wasting your precious time just being there.
Don't call me an 'asshole' Bubba. I have been doing this job for 27 years and have been a Captain on widebodies for 19 with several inflight shutdowns and diversions to my name. I needed the team to be on side (and not 'keeping seats warm') then and we all need that now.
I don't expect you to agree so this is the last time I will react to your rudeness. BTW do you really think I meant for the guy to be a nuclear physicist??
As for huntsman - yes I think it's too demeaning. Exactly - well done.