I'm asking for folks opinions:

We know pretty clearly that a Pilot-1 (or maybe Pilot-0) can navigate a small ship (100-200 ton for sure).

Do you, in your view, prefer to have higher Pilot level requirements for larger tonnages?

Arguments against some sort of scaled pilot level for larger ships:

a ) Where do you draw the boundaries? (If you count the big ships, you'd have to go logarithmic or something)

b) What is harder about directing a large ship than a small? Is piloting not as simple as typing in coordinates or picking a destination with a track ball and clicking 'fly to here'? (For open space)

Arguments for some sort of scaled pilot level for larger ships :

a) Bigger ships have more momentum and more inertia and can cause much more damage with even a brush against anything else, so the need to h ave them piloted by the better pilots is just good sense from an insurance/liability/public safety perspective (so maybe a Pilot-0 can pilot a Plankwell, but maybe he ought not to...)

b) Bigger ships may be comparable to bigger airplanes - you are managing more engine nozzles, managing trim on a much bigger ship, and not being as nimble (I'm avoiding 'agile' as that may not be the same), and there may be a lot more controls, readouts, etc. which a pilot used to flying a 100 ton scout might find overwhelming... much as the cessna pilot finding himself behind the wheel of a 767 might have some issues... the boat may well behave in a different way and that could cause trouble...