As far as crew time goes, it's pretty important to show that you can play nice with others. You might be able to fly the space shuttle blindfolded by yourself, but it you can't work with a crew, an airline doesn't want you. You might have outscored the Red Baron but happen to be a prick, why would anyone else want you in the cockpit? That's why CRM is so hammered these days. BTW I'm not saying you're a prick, just figurative speech.

I personally think steam gauges make you a better pilot, but if you can't learn glass it won't help you in the planes that are total glass. At FDX the 727s are all steam gauges, so managment/HR doesn't really care about your glass time unless you're going straight to the MD11 as a nuggett.