From the article, before we get too het up!
Of course, the patent application is just that: a patent application. It doesn’t address issues such as exactly how to create functional interactive holographic aircraft flight instrumentation. Nor does it attempt to address substantial practical issues about a cockpit made up entirely of virtual instrumentation
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Don’t expect to actually see a passenger aircraft without cockpit windows any time soon; the time it takes for large planes like those built by Airbus and its main competitor Boeing to go from conception to reality is measured in decades...
Also, consider the source. ArsTechnica is a technology news site (albeit a long-standing, reputable one). In the tech arena, we're well used to patents such as these being filed - not necessarily with the intent of making the patent a reality so much as a potential financial opportunity should another company make something similar and thus require some form of licencing.
...first airbus emphasized All ends out over automation
*sigh* - No, they didn't.