Is there somekind of delay on boarding a newly assigned ship, going to the cockpit and taking control?
Cause one of my men boarded his ship succesfully, was asigned as commander and pilot, but couldn't enter the cockpit. He tried refreshing, but still no go.
He logged on 5 hours later, and then all of a sudden he was able to enter the cockpit and take controll.

I experienced the same problem while taking controll over a cargo ship, after making the run, I entered my old ship in dockingbay and the same problem...also resolved after a long try. Same actions..only all of a sudden ...it does work for a change.
Thank you for your time.

it's probably a cache problem. set your browser to reload the pages every time

make sure to set the ship to "piloted" under "Manage Piloted Ship" in the inventory

Stupid question, but how do we set ships as piloted under "Manage Piloted Ship"? Nothing happens when I click my ship. :/

don't click the ship, click the checkbox next to the "Show Stats" link of the ship you're currently in, then choose "Set Player Controlled" from the drop down menu and click "Execute"