During the One Day Rebellion, the Red Wave fleet was mostly made up of refurbished personal short-distance transports. It is likely pilots felt pretty cramped in these tiny spaceships.

"A large man leaps into a tiny spaceship, the sense of flight fills him with joy. Or maybe it's his knees pushing on his sternum, limiting his breathing to rapid gasps, that is causing this delirium. Sure, the space is tight, and his insides are getting uncomfortably intimate with his ribcage. But all of this is a small price to pay for the future he is helping to build."