Some of us were in airlines that had 3 pilot a/c(....)
Fair point. Actually I fly an aircraft that had 3 pilots, had its nose lopped off and was modified with a two man cockpit. I was sitting sideways on the pre-mod model until I became second from the bottom of the list and made the jump.
This whole argument revolves around whose oxe is being gored. And there will always be more junior pilots. Even when it's my turn in ~15 years and I take up the banner....