Heading: Experience vs Qualifications

This is a battle that has been going on in the public sector for some time and there seems to be no end in sight for some time to come, experience vs qualifications. Yes I do believe that you should be qualified but there has to be something to be said for the experienced. The young people of today are qualified yes but ask them to do simple tasks and they can't perform and it is the experienced person who has to show them how.
Now these qualified people come into an institution in higher posts but the experienced people whom they are in charge of have to show them how to do the job. Is that fair? If I can do the job I deserve the position you can't just use me!!!