I probably need to remind the teeny-brained Teeny Weeny Airways chaps about Nick. He is British born, the RAF taught him to fly, he attended Harrow/Cambridge, carried a RAF Ensign into space for the Chief of the Air Staff and in the clip you can hear he has still got a fine English accent.
Why has aviating got anything at all to do with astronauting, except for historical antecedent from the moon launches?
Looked at rationally, the best modern-day space-station candidates would be submariners (trained to live in ****e conditions on rubbish food for months on end, respiring their own farts, drinking their own piss, and managing complex machines), with experience in scuba-diving (nearest simulation to space walking), and some parachuting experience (so re-entry is familiar). So look at SPAG blokes.