Has FDev ever said why we can either join a crew XOR a wing? Why not allow the two to coexist simultaneously? I have friends that will join my crew because they're weirdos who will shoot things as a fighter pilot but refuse to do anything but trade as a profession and other friends who want to bring their own ships to bring the pain (and get more money). It hasn't been a huge deal historically (except for getting more of my friends to goof around together--you know, enjoy the game more) because most NPCs will get wrecked by a single player but it would be quite nice to have a wingmate on turrets in a xeno-hunting crew with more than one ship.
I'm not saying that you should have wings of four ships with three crew each, but why isn't it possible to mix and match? I can generally only get one friend to hunt xenos with me because of the risk of losing their ship. Others would be willing to hop into fighters or turrets but wings/crew can't coexist, and two ships is better than one with turrets/SLF. If those two could still hop in while I'm in a wing with one other friend, that would still be four people all communicating, keeping the wing a fair, balanced size, and make everyone happier because they get to participate in the way they'd most prefer to. It'd possibly help uptick crew usage too, since right now you're excluded from the option if you have even one local friend.
I'm not saying that you should have wings of four ships with three crew each, but why isn't it possible to mix and match? I can generally only get one friend to hunt xenos with me because of the risk of losing their ship. Others would be willing to hop into fighters or turrets but wings/crew can't coexist, and two ships is better than one with turrets/SLF. If those two could still hop in while I'm in a wing with one other friend, that would still be four people all communicating, keeping the wing a fair, balanced size, and make everyone happier because they get to participate in the way they'd most prefer to. It'd possibly help uptick crew usage too, since right now you're excluded from the option if you have even one local friend.