All I intended by my post - I would have thought it was fairly clear - was that training pilots to use the experience available from down the back should start right at the beginning of their time with the airline.
And I am sure that you will recognise that the experience and advice of someone who has been flying for thirty years in the teapots department is worth a little more than someone who left school six months ago. Furthermore, in a problem situation you can't take the time to talk to absolutely everyone sitting on the aircraft to see if they have any ideas. Hence a captain will generally talk to the #1. If your most junior colleagues have any input, I would suggest they feed it to the flight deck via the #1.