@Revvy: what you are describing is snap view, you can set it up in game controls
What I'm talking about is mouse view not having the same range of movement like the pan view. Here is the track that illustrates this:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9916878/problem.trk
With pan I can view all around the cockpit, with mouse view I can view only about 100 deg or so. Is there any way to report this issue to the devs?