The group list is kind of inconsistent with players who are docked or gunners in the same sector as you. They will show as either a health bar, or as the sector name you're in. If they show a health bar and are currently docked on a capship or gunner, you can pull up the PDA or otherwise hide/show the HUD to fix it back to the sector name. (This is probably a bug)

Fix the above and improve the group list by making it say "Docked" or "Gunner" for players who are docked or gunner-ed and in the same sector as you.

This has annoyed me for quite some time. Please fix

does not deserve votes, since it is a BUG deserving fix.