experienced
inexperienced, novice
emergency, skeleton
During the holiday period, there remains only a skeleton crew of about 20 workers.

aircraft (esp. BrE), airline (esp. AmE), boat, bomber, helicopter, lifeboat, ship's, submarine, tank, train
air, bridge, cabin, deck, flight, ground, maintenance, support
camera, film, movie (esp. AmE), news, production, stage, television, TV
ambulance, fire
Fire crews were called to the scene.

cleaning, clean-up (esp. AmE), construction, demolition, maintenance, repair, rescue, road
wrecking (AmE)
command
gun
pit (esp. AmE)
one-man, two-man, etc.

join
lead
assemble
employ (esp. BrE), hire
train

member

in a/the crew
all the men and women in the crew

cast and crew
The cast and crew of the movie are giving it their all.

a member of the crew

Crew is used with these nouns as the object:
boat