anime is made to brainwash you

[SeaFalcon]

As an employee of the docking ring station, I'd tell a kid approaching it to turn around and go back to study...
If it's a furry, I'd tell it to find itself a pet owner.
but that's just me.

Also, ships might be easy to fly, however Freelancer has zero physics.
So claiming it would be as easy as it's playing this game in the future is pretty bull'.

Corsairs probably would find their ships too valuable to put a kid into it...
Unless it was meant to fly into something without it returning.
Having kids work in hangers or other places to assist with their goals I can imagine however.