Well, I think we can definitely come to some common ground on this. I don't mean to say, and I don't think anyone else is saying that sitting right seat 121 is not valuable experience. I'm just trying to make the argument that it is not as good of an experience that actually making the decision. Its like playing armchair quarterback or questioning a baseball managers move to switch pitchers. Easy to make decisions when you're watching rather than playing.

I think my argument also coincides with other types of flying. I don't think that anyone would argue that night cargo jobs offer better experience that being a jump pilot or traffic watch pilot. This does not mean that you cannot learn from those experiences as well, and it is my opinion that ANY of those PIC experiences are better than a nice, cozy right seat.