[Major Johnson]

There is a thread somewhere about crew management, but from what I've read, the best thing you can do is just pick your damage repair crew and then leave it alone. They'll automatically start repairs as needed. Of course in picking them you want to pick the ones that have a high number in the mechanical column. They seem to repair the fastest. I too, at first was intimidated by crew management, and I guess if you wanted to, you could really micro-manage, but I prefer to let the game handle it for the most part.