Artisan, I do NOT agree at all with your first few lines.
If the FO has the better idea, he is not to "bite his lip", it is the Captains time to realise that. I always try and stay open to suggestions just as I have expected my captains to do when I was FO.
Being a good follower makes you a sheep, you should be a creative thinker and an assertive First officer, to do your job right.
However, in this case I would sign my name under what you have written in numbers 1,2 and 3...
Nic