Dana Shilling wrote:

However, from Time Squad we see that, even allowing for Jenna being an excellent teacher, in a few weeks? months? Gan, Vila, and Avon have picked up enough piloting not only to keep the thing upright but to perform the docking maneuver. And Jenna had to sleep sometime, and someone had to be responsible for piloting at those times.

Of course, the Liberator is super-advanced alien tech, and might be a lot easier to fly than your typical Federation ship.

(Dana, apologies if you get this twice. I *really* have to learn to check my headers before hitting "send.")