To throw a monkey on the wrench (or os that a spanner in the works). Perhaps the good AVM (ret'd) was a most revered Knuck!! Therefore the only Alpha he had to convince was himself.
Having flown single seat and subsequently converted to multi crew, i can honestly say some CRM topics were most educating. Mostly about how complient co-pilots can be when confronted with senior captains (Alphas or not) and about communicating within the crew. Single pilot ops dosen't require any verbalisation about plans or approach intentions and hence it requires some extra thought to actually communicate what you intend to do to others.
launch the spears!!!!!
Must admit though, after sitting through CRM once, i would rather shoot myself with an ASRAAM than do it again!!