I think being a CFI at a young age (as it seems most of them are when they begin) gives them a mine set that overcomes bullying by supervisors. The ones I've taken flying with, and one was a young woman barely out of high school, were not a bit intimidated to tell me what to do.
So if they are young, but have a CFI background, I expect they'll not have much problem standing up to STUPID-visors.
