Well, it’ll not change much, I guess. Not so necessary for now.
Is it that hard to move a ship into slot one and swap crew for those slots?
It’s easy to make a mistake when you just want to switch it quickly before joining combat (and then it’s too late).
I think you should never be AFK when signing for match-making, but if you keep your hangar selection when the game starts or using a 1-option check-circle for the ship which is selected by default when the game starts is not a bad thing.
Just don’t make it too complex to use or understand.