[Spaceships] Crew traits...

[GoblynByte]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

In fact, let's look at the crew of Serenity just prior to the pilot episode:

While I don't disagree that the Serenity crew is a fun mix, it puts some impractical demands on Wash. A ship really needs an "operator" of some nature to handle all the instrumentation while the pilot is maneuvering the ship. Otherwise that's a lot of multitasking. Especially in a combat situation. After that, it just makes sense to give the operator the navigation tasks as he can crunch the numbers and plot the courses based on the information he's collecting first hand.