I'm flying with Condor, there are pilot models, and I must say that it is really nice. Even if the pilot is quite low-poly (but fully animated). It is also true that the glider plane controls much less than Clod's controls. But i'm glad if we see a pilot in the Clod one day (but I know how low priority is). If the pilot model is simply switchable, then no problem with hidden instrumentation, controls either.
Otherwise we talked about earlier, Luthier said, there is no pilot model, because of a freely movable camera. Can not be adapted the pilot model to the camera position (6dof). It looks stupid when you lean forward, and looking back, then you see the headless pilot model - and this is right