Not quite; a 27 year old captain can still go tell an early-out eligible gate agent to go pound sand and list the jumpseaters and not hear a thing about it from anyone.
Only one person can release the parking brake.
Just because a normal flight isn't daring and a crash is not an immediate threat* does not mean this occupation is not one with an extreme amount of responsibility and "boring" really just translates into "safe" in general.
*does not apply to flights on B-787