Does anyone know what the deal is with your crew? Will they be responsive to orders, and react to emergency scenarios like take up gunnery positions? How interactive will the crew be?
Details in the DDFa here:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8258
Short version: crews are NPCs, they are assigned to stations such as gunnery, pilotting and repair and they act according to there roles.