Taking it to an extreme degree, I'd say no pilot models until a Microsoft Kinect type controller is available and you can move a full-body pilot model in real-time. Can't see an instrument on the panel? Move your arm out of the way in real life and your avatar follows suit. Flick switches, make obscene gestures to your enemy, open the canopy, haul yourself up and out to bail...think of it as full-body TrackIR. Patch after next, be sure.
