@ Lappino,,, yes,,but that would be the ideal situation.
I saw in my officer time and later heard often from officers when I was Captain that there are a lot of Captain,s which are total unable and/or unwilling to even consider any suggestion from a lower rank, and that in the merchant marine. One can imagine how that could be on a Navy ship. Of course it should not be that way but it is !!!
On my last assignment I had a port of call and a berth I never been, so I asked my officers and asked then one of them who was there before what his suggestion would be, what to do and how to manage certain things. The
guy was totally out of it. Afterwards when we spoke a little about this and that he mentioned to me that I was the first Captain who asked him or his fellow officers for input and/or information. That says it all, still in todays world about the way some nationalities doing things.