Or something like X Rebirth had with its interchangeable cockpits: the stock one was just that (since you have only a ship in that game, that was what you had before later patches added the possibility to change at least cockpits at all), then a "merchant" one with less clutter and more glass surface, a "management" one more utilitaristic in appearance and a "combat" one that actually was no glass, but a series of panels relaying the outside view through cameras that would light up as soon as you took control of the ship. From a gameplay or actual ship stats perspective there were no changes (sadly), yet from an immersion perspective it was a nice thing, also that with the combat cockpit the more damage your hull took, the more panels started to break down giving only static or blue screen and severely limiting the outside view. Some different HUD layouts would be a very nice thing for ED too.