Pecking order for MS1 seat?

Hi Folks,

I know the highlight of every astronaut's career is to be assigned to a
mission, occupying one of possibly the 7 most sought after seats in the
world.

However astronauts are human after all, and I'm certain that a secondary
goal would be to occupy a flight deck seat rather than the mid-deck. In the
mid-deck, unless you are lucky enough to occupy the seat next to the hatch
you will see precious little of the launch or landing. I daresay that even
the view from the "hatch" window is somewhat limited though better than
nothing :)

Taking the specialist Pilot, Commander and Flight Engineer (MS2) seats out
of the equation, the MS1 seat would be the only flight deck seat available
to "general" competition.

So...Is there any particular pecking order for this prestigious seat? I
would imagine that Mission Specialists would automatically get priority over
Payload Specialists.

For Mission Specialists, would things such as flying experience, seniority,
time with NASA, rate of progress up the corporate ladder, whether one has
flown on the flight deck before etc come into play?

Does the commander have say in the decision as to which of the crew is
assigned this seat?

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Peter <X-Files Fan>
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