If I remember correctly, fighters are a poor example - at least the ones that are stashed in capsuleer carriers/supercarriers - because they are entirely slaved to the carrier that they launch from, and shut down without the command signals being sent from the carrier. It's probably possible to get 'standalone' fighters off of the black market or something, or maybe modify regular ones, but not something you'd want to do to fighters you might need to use in a fight.
In general I don't see a problem with it - lots of us have characters who, through their backgrounds or training may have been certified in flying things like fighters or shuttles by hand. Your specific example would be something I'd consider as being very very twitchy, though, for the reasons listed above.