It's really not that unreasonable if you look at it this way:
Fines are for minor infractions and enforced by barring you from access to services until you pay them off. For anything more serious they arrest you. But how do they "arrest" a pilot sitting in a buttoned-up, armored and heavily armed ship? Well, since all ships have escape pods that work 100% of the time, the answer is obvious. Crack his hull and collect the pod....
Particularly those uppity Pilot's Federation types, since those elitist blighters all have insurance anyway...
Fines are for minor infractions and enforced by barring you from access to services until you pay them off. For anything more serious they arrest you. But how do they "arrest" a pilot sitting in a buttoned-up, armored and heavily armed ship? Well, since all ships have escape pods that work 100% of the time, the answer is obvious. Crack his hull and collect the pod....
Particularly those uppity Pilot's Federation types, since those elitist blighters all have insurance anyway...