This brings up a very good point! I agree that salutes and whatnot would not be as common for pilots in their day-to-day life. Luke salutes more because he tends to operate by the book, especially in front of his superiors. He's also not a pilot so he can get away with less. If he were to see Julie around HQ, most likely he wouldn't salute her, he'd just say hello. :)<br/><br/>Mostly I think it boils down to personality types. There are probably some upper brass who are all about ceremony and will salute all the time. Tianran is a good example of a pilot who salutes even though he doesn't have to. But most of them probably won't, or will only do so when it's a formal situation, like you said.