In rewatching the clips I'm reminded that Pike's Enterprise had 203 people and Kirk's had 430. Which scenario do you think is more likely?
1. Pike's missions were in really deep space without opportunity to replenish the supply of redshirts. The mission was more like what Voyager was intended for.
2. Technology got much more complicated, so more engineers were required.
3. After the early missions of April and Pike it was decided that more specialists like historian Marla McGivers, archeologist/anthropologist Carlolyn Palamas, and secondary surgeon M'Benga were required.
4. The 430 figure includes civilian scientists and crewman; there are only 203 Starfleet officers on board. The Enterprise-D and Deep Space 9 had many such specialists who went on missions but weren't Starfleet officers.
5. The 203 figure is just the Starfleet crew; in Pike's time the rest are UESPA officers overseen by somebody else; possibly Number One. By Kirk's day the overseeing authority could change between Starfleet and UESPA depending on the mission and there was a single chain of command for both services.
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