I think that you are "flying" your simulator aircraft with the mindset of a car driver.
That's just one of my points: Is it not easier to make aircraft panels follow the same advanced ergonomics as modern day cars, and will the transition be easier for those who already drive cars before they learn to fly? Would you prefer the ASI to read more like a car speedometer - left to right and tracing a single wide arc ?
I am asking because I do not know how pilots view this.
Equally, how do you arrive at the conclusion that the presentation in a 777 "cannot be much faulted in my opinion"?
Easy -it's my opinion.
May I commend to your attention "The Aircraft Cockpit" by LFE Coombs - report back when you have read it!
Well before that, let me be more specific with my questions.
Those of you who are pilots would you prefer to have 777 PFD staring at you from the instrument panel of your Cessna 172 or Piper PA-28 light plane in place of steam gauges canted helpfully upwards toward? Both in terms of convenience and safety?
Do you find the GA glass displays seem cluttered compared to those of big jets?