I thought it would be interesting to see how people rated themselves and their characters as pilots. Here are the levels I suggest:
CANNON FODDER
Able to fly with slightly LESS skill than the computer in the game. Having difficulty beating the first tutorial.
LIMITED PILOT
As the name suggests, limited in capability and having difficulty surviving.
AVERAGE PILOT
Right up there with your Ishiman civilian with combat training. Able to live through a normal fight, but without much chance against, say, Sundered Angel. (But then, who HAS a chance against SA...)
ABOVE AVERAGE PILOT
Probably at the level of some of those UNS pilots who did a really good job in the fight to retake Earth. Some of them were really quite good, and while they could call themselves Aces, as they had more than ten kills, really couldn't accept the title.
ACE PILOT
Literally ten kills in the career. However, I refer to it here as a skill level. The higher ones are hard to get to, this is really very good piloting.
VETERAN PILOT
A stunning fellow. If he's human, he probably took down a carrier in a cruiser. Takes great skill to get up here.
ELITE PILOT
Again, this is a skill level, not a military position. This is as high as one can really aim for; but then, most people aim to be an Ace.
IMPOSSIBLE PILOT
Sundered Angel, maybe?
My recommended format would be:
NAME
Real: SKILL LEVEL
Char: SKILL LEVEL
Please be realistic in your assessments.