Oh man, I soooo remember this.
Even though we were the same class, we had roles.
Like, upstairs was chem and pipe wrench, and below was fire extinguisher and spanner.
That was just for starting. We had people jumping all around for all sorts of different situations we planned for, almost felt like some sort of anti-duck, running all gunners so tightly.
I actually really recommend you all do that with a crew you're super tight with, it really builds trust and communication.
Also: (and I admit, I got this idea from someone else) I was flying with Welsh Zelda, Admiral Obvious, and Lord Fudge.
Admiral tied a dirty shirt around his head like a blindfold as the pilot; Lord Fudge wore a welding mask (IRL) so his visibility was about 10% as secondary engineer; Welsh Inverted her mouse controls as the gunner; and I took main engineering, telling Admiral where to fly, and helping anyone else as the gunner class.
We played a couple of matches like this, and actually won a few, and managed a *Very* close raid match (within 50 points).