Uplinker.
I am an SLF, but due to a thesis a long time ago I had to read a few things about CRM. Over the years I developed a question I like to ask crew (or anyone involved with professional flying): can you teach CRM to someone not having the necessary qualities from his/her up bring?
In my country, for a long time most civilian FD crews were coming from an Air Force with no CRM classes, so pilots were train to listen to their superior without too much talking back. When I was flying on those flights I was concerned how much a former Air Force turned civilian Captain would listen to his crew when things turned bad - I had no doubt he would pass his CRM course with flying colors given his capability to obey orders.
So it seems your post has answer my question.