ITS NOT JUST GRUMPY OLD PHARTS...I've had a list (when I was an f/o) and a couple of the captains were younger than me...they just were not very good at the task of creating the proper CRM environment.
it is not age.
it is mutual respect
it is watching out for the other guy and remind him (or her) of a trap or mistake before it gets out of hand.
it is respect for the ''book''.
And the big thing is this...it is only seniority that puts one in the right seat or the left seat.
I remember one outfit that I was junior at...and wasn't it fun when I left for another outfit and the first outfit went bust. And the senior guys were junior to me.