Every once in a while, your follower suddenly appears to the left of the pilot seat and keeps standing there (even during space fights), blocking half of the sreen [NB: it doesn't matter whether they're assigned to the ship as crew members or not; the problem occurs either way]. Moreover though, at some point, they may start "shaking", as if they tried to walk away but got stuck. Then, after another one or two seconds, the AI usually gives up and teleports them out of the way - but the problem inevitably reoccurs after a while.
Screenshot:
https://www.afkmods.com/index.php?/gallery/image/8772-ngcabotissuejpg/&context=widget
My character is unable to reach the spot where Barrett's standing, because it is inside the cockpit's very generous collision mesh. While there appears to be still plenty of space between my charcter's head and the screen, there acually isn't. I therefore suppose that somebody unaware of the collision laid out a navmesh around the front side of the pilot seat, in order to make your followers pass in front of the screen, pretty much in the same way as they are doing in Starborn ships [NB. even if that works, it is an incredible bad design idea since anyone moving around in your view more often than not hides something important from view, even if you're just waiting for the docking prompt to appear in light grey on an only marginally darker grey background].
Sorry for the rant, but this annoys me to no end.
Issue Data
Issue #35667: Follower problem in Nova Galactic Cabot series cockpits