I've added my voice to your tracker ticket. As a solo player that doesn't use SLF craft much, this would be a nice addition just for the eye candy and head canon factors. Besides, where does that SLF pilot sit for their telepresence operations? I'm sure they're tired of hanging out in the cargo hold...I don't think it's climate controlled in there.
Even the devs prolly don't have a clue where is the NPC crew... Maybe in another dimension, maybe stuck in the toilets from the start ? But what we know is that if we're many enough to require them in the cockpit, FD will need to start looking.NPC crews have been forgotten in their bathroom right after their implementation. Well, actually they remembered about them when they added an escape pod to the bathroom too