sat in middle of two driver fellas
Ah, methinks you are referring to "The Stagecoach Driver".... You know, the one who sits there looking at a pair of a*seholes in front of him!
All you have to do is remember where Capt Kirk/Picard (Agegroup dependant) sat on the bridge of the Enterprise and you can work out who the most important member of the crew on Albert was