Lacking of 'Soul' in IL2 'offline missions/campaigns?

[Feathered_IV]

Until there is the ability to actually save your mission while in-flight, very few of us will ever be able to get the most out of the single player experience.
The ability to save will enable us to fly longer range missions, without sacrificing work and family. We'd even be able to trade save points among ourselves
Without it we are confined to short hops and last-gen stopgaps like warp and timeskip.