Originally Posted by Fixnem2Flyinem

As valuable as experience can be in certain situations, I would take a young “inexperienced” captain over an old salt with a bad attitude and crap CRM any day.

Attitude, communication and the ability to mentor an FO is more valuable than 20 years of experience if you’re just a grumpy old pilot. Now, I will agree that if the 20 year captain has a good attitude and all of that experience, then you have hit a gold mine of knowledge as an FO and better be learning from them as much as you can.