I think the title speaks for itself.

23 companions recruited on my PVE main. I could go up to 27 if I used the return-to-companion terminal, but I haven't done so for story reasons. I can still only send out 6.

Some of the companions were recruited much later than others, which makes the notion of "only influence the top ones in crew skills window) a bit difficult as that has changed over time.

And yet high influence is still important for crew skills.

It'd be nice to have a sort by ascending/descending influence option so I could send the highest-influenced companions to craft without having to scroll all over the place. Like really, this is basic UI stuff. Especially now that the mission times are shorter, which means more frequent gameplay interuptions for said crafting.