I get a kick out of the press calling this gaggle of space cadets the “crew”. They did and could not control anything - they were a payload, not a crew.
Designating them as “crew” and not “passengers” is an important legal distinction for liability and certification reasons, nothing more. Your designation as payload is correct from a practical accuracy standpoint. Nothing any of them did was going to materially affect the carnival ride.
Spam in a can IIRC was Chuck Yeager’s description.