Politics aside, I feel it would be most useful to have the passenger lounge be grouped by class and destination rather than faction-affiliation. Everybody heading to Altair in coach over here, VIP lounge over there...
(Also a possible on-the-fly mission hook; you pick up a bunch of passengers headed to Hutton Orbital, get a straggler requesting your last cabin which you can deign to put them in for a few more credits)
(Also a possible on-the-fly mission hook; you pick up a bunch of passengers headed to Hutton Orbital, get a straggler requesting your last cabin which you can deign to put them in for a few more credits)