Excellent points, but there are some differences.  Namely, Zoe was a badass and Jayne was the only muscle.  Our ship has a couple of muscle positions already.  Zoe was also someone who had personally served with the captain through rough times.  Something like that makes sense, bringing on someone you know and trust.<br/><br/>For Lance, there is also more than that.  The Alliance Navy had pretty strict regulations as to how many pilots and maintainers a ship like this should have, and the Line fails to meet them, quite badly.  For example, there should be two maintainers and an engineer.  There should also be three pilots, though one can be a student, sitting under the watch of an instructor-rated pilot.  The way they are flying isn't safe.  It also isn't cheap.  The way Lance sees it, having only one pilot and one engineer makes sense if you are running an efficient, bare bones operation, but there are, I think, eight crewmembers on board.<br/><br/>Some of it is also frustration with Braxton.  After all, it seems that he has made a point to not hire anyone even remotely affiliated with the Alliance (except Phil, who spyed on them).  Lance suspects that Braxton is intentionally hiring less qualified people in order to have a crew sympathetic to his pro-independance agenda.