[Thaeris]

Interesting discussion on enlisted/officer flight roles. The U.S. Army also employs Warrant Officers for rotary aviation, though regular officers can fill that role as well, I believe. The USAF certainly employs enlisted personnel onboard aircraft, though that's not as common as it used to be. Gunners would be a good example of an Airman aboard an aircraft... the only fixed-wing type in the U.S. that this applies to is the AC-130 Spectre as far as I can remember.

As far as FS bombers go, I'd never believe a story that the second crewmember was enlisted. By all accounts, that individual would be the WSO, which is irrefutably an officer position. You might argue that if support ships are multi-crew (I'd assume they would be), the "loadmaster" or the likes could possibly be a Warrant Officer/Flight Sergeant... you might even argue that the pilot might be as such, too.

[stuart133]

Talking of Rotary aircraft the Army air core (British) uses NCOs to fly their helicopters, and almost all of them have to have severed as regular soldiers on the ground.

Also I don't think that support ships would have more than one person. It would seem to me that they have a small cockpit for the pilot and the rest is full of missiles, which are loaded by the automated system. There would be no need for any loadmaster to be on board. On the other hand the gunners in the capships would be NCOs with perhaps a gunnery officer on station to command them.

[Thaeris]

Both the Centaur and Hygeia are pretty big... with rather large cockpits. The current HTL Centaur could use a pretty extensive revision to the cockpit in my opinion... and it could certainly hold more than one occupant. I actually like the idea of a support ship having 2-3 crewmembers as far as storytelling goes: A pilot... probably an officer/warrant officer; a loadmaster, managing the fine points of servicing and rearming fighters, and a flight medic. I think it would be pretty cool if support ships would actually pick up ejected pilots... and a medic on board would be responsible for recovering and tending to the downed crewman/men (or woman/man).

[NGTM-1R]

To be bluntly honest, there's no actual reason you need officer flight crew. People just like it for some reason. If the GTVA is ever forced to mount a rapid expansion or replacement of fightercraft strength, you'll probably see NCOs leak into the force.

[Thaeris]

True. In WWII, I believe the USAAC impressed NCOs into service (Flight Sergeants?). Afterwards (if they survived long enough) they'd gain a field comission I'd imagine.