The most gut-wrenching example, of course, is Captain Jellico, who arbitrarily changes everything, criticizes the way Troi dresses, won’t let Riker do his job – and regards it as a foregone conclusion that Picard is dead.

Jellico gets such a bad rap! His changes aren’t arbitrary, they’re intended to make the Enterprise ready for combat and he has only days to do it. Troi remained in uniform because it was a good idea. And Riker is just petulant and irresponsible; the scene where Jellico asks him to pilot the shuttle does NOT reflect well on Riker at all, and his constant challenges to Jellico’s authority are unbecoming an officer.

Jellico doesn’t regard Picard’s death as a foregone conclusion (the issue was his captivity, not his death.) Instead, he correctly prioritizes the mission over recovering one man–something Riker would not have done, and thus justifying Starfleet’s decision to put Jellico in command.