acectc, I remember back many years ago when I looked after the maintenance for Eagle at Auckland before the 1900D days, we had the odd pud puller like you.
One of my colleagues put a cocky young f/o straight one day and he complained to me asking what does X know about flying. He shut up when I told him X had more hours and experience than he had and in worse conditions than he could dream of. Do not try and show your superiority to an engineer either, most of us are experienced pilots too!
Generally the know alls were sorted out very quickly by the other pilots who were 100% professional and top people as well. They were good days in the 90s!