If every plane needs a VC, should every VC need legs, a shoulder when you look out the window and moving hands as you advance the throttle??? 2D panels are in a way actually more realistic...

I find that 2d panels may be more friendly, in some ways, but a prefer the VCockpit for these reasons:

1.  I can look around with the hat switch
2.  I can position my 'head' anywhere I want in the cockpit
     (thanks to my Saitek X45's 3 hat switches and mouse switch)
3.  It just gives more of a sense of realism
4.  I find that alot of the 2D cockpits take up too much of the screen, so I don't know where I'm flying

I don't particularly want MS to get rid of the 2D panels, its just that I don't like'em much.

But then again, alot of people can't model the VCs so I just fly outside.