"Pilot."

We haven't seen Amy for a while, but rest assured, he's been at his post! Namely because I can't strike the bridge set; it's too complicated to reset.

Occasionally in sci-fi movies (Event Horizon springs to mind, since I just watched it again recently. Love it.) you'll see nods to what actual space flight is probably like now: carefully monitored and regulated, with comm checks and announcements. Star Trek sometimes does that sort of thing; Star Wars probably never does. Dayton is probably a bit of a blowhard, and makes his announcements to feel like a big shot...