Getting ahold of crew members on vacation in peacetime could hardly be more different than getting ahold of trained pilots while being underJedi Master Spock wrote: Urgent need for particular crew members who were on vacation and incommunicado.
attack from a massive, utterly alien enemy force.
Inadequate for what?Given that "dogfight maneuvers" have been limited to the Defiant and occasionally runabouts and shuttlecraft, not too often... nor have we seen circumstances where piloting skills proved inadequate.
Unless you have proof that all Starfleet pilots have dogfight training, it must be concluded that they only have knowledge of how to safely get the shuttle from point A to point B without any trouble and maybe basic evasive manuevers-which is nowhere near being able to dogfight.
Since when was training or simulated combat an acceptable substitute for the real thing?Now compare the average amount of training and simulated combat, and compare the kill ratios typical of Ork flyboyz fighting against normally trained Guard pilots in similar craft.
Also, Spock, your ignorance of 40k shines again. Thunderbolts are controlled by the Navy, not the Guard. Those same fighter craft took around 75% losses in the initial sorties thanks to the Ork's sheer numbers, despite their pilots skill. Throughout the rest of the war, they were barely able to prevent the Orks from getting total air supremacy.
(Source: Epic rulebook, page 101)
And yet they still inflicted hideous losses on the Imperial Navy fighter wings, despite those traits.Orkz are not known for their elite level of skill or exceptionally good aim. They're known for being clumsy and making up for low quality with high numbers.
Orks are generally known for being clumsy and inaccurate, but the belief that all Orks are clumsy and inaccurate has cost many an overconfident soldier his life.
Orks do possess a certain low cunning, and it shows in units such as stealthy kommandos and tankbustas skilled at destroying enemy vehicles and fortifications with rokkit launchas and demolition charges.
Pearl Harbor didn't exactly involve a massive invasion from a completely alien species.Which is irrelevant to the question of how Starfleet pilots would be affected.
And yes, it would be relevant. Even if the pilots all kept perfect morale, the general public would be in a frenzied state, and there would pontentially be rioting or at least jampacked routes as people attempted to flee. Starfleet has to keep its civilians under control and divert personnel, however little is needed, to do so, while the Orks have no need, again giving them an advantage in terms of skilled personnel.
Burden of proof, Spock. Show evidence that they are commonly trained for fighter combat.All four of them are quite practicible for Starfleet shuttles... and I again challenge you to produce any evidence for you claim that Starfleet pilots are commonly untrained for fighter combat. You have produced no evidence for this contention.