This really reminds me of another well known cult:Chris has a plan, have some faith. (Does it involve gang getting to Tahiti is one question?)
When CiG fanatics will tell you to that there's a plan and you should have faith in it... it's a cult. See the very good explanation in the video above (it's another cult, but they all function in similar ways). There's a lot of similarities with what Bootcha told us in his Sunk Cost Galaxy series. I think the parallel is quite enlightening. Note that how confronting cult members to facts and reality is a bad idea...
Unrelated, i wanted to go into that 3.12 version to get a good look at it, but it's really buggered to a point you cant do anything at all. I did configure my newly acquired leftie Virpil Alpha so i can fly twin sticks now, and it's a much better experience in SC and ED, managing the throttle limiter, 6-axis movement etc. than with my split throttle. Interestingly, I get a much better feel of the ship than with a regular throttle, for some reason, probably that's related to how my brain is wired, makes flying FA-off a breeze too. If you have enough money it's a must have for ED / SC / other space games that can use twin sticks. The Virpil Alpha has a plethora of buttons and axises, way more than needed for everything in these games.