Originally Posted by bigshinyjet

Your statement makes you sound like an idiot.

"I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit." Chuck Yeager

Flying is not just experience and its not just systems knowledge, it is being well rounded with both to handle an emergency.

Just because a person is in the left seat in a seniority based system does not mean you have more knowledge or experience than the guy in the right seat. It also does not mean you are a better aviator than that incredible asset you have in the right seat.