Of course it should be. But the precedent was set in the early days of aviation when test pilots were flying experimental aircraft from alpha to v1. You don't w

Of course it should be. But the precedent was set in the early days of aviation when test pilots were flying experimental aircraft from alpha to v1. You don't want to kill rookies who freak out in a flat spin, so you put your coldest mfer in the seat. And then they do barrel rolls during the first public flight of your 707. But now that we've got such accurate virtual cockpits, we don't have to worry about killing pilots as much.