Goblin,
I hear you, BUT that is a very long bow you are drawing there.
Just like there is good and not so good in everything, please don't tell me that just because you are over 60 mandates that you automatically know everything.
CRM old chap! Managing upwards! Use all your available resources at hand.
In the sim, I see many young and outstanding Captains in waiting, while on the other hand quite a few "experienced" ones making it go pear shaped.
Not all the time but it does happen a lot more often than some people realise.
