So, you're saying you can't keep playing until your other ship arrives? Like was said in another thread on this subject-when you order stuff online, do you put your entire life on hold until it arrives? I sure hope not. Same here. As for the gameplay experience, non-instantaneous transport forces the player to think and plan ahead. If they see in GalNet that a CG might be starting in a few days, but their current ship isn't up to the task, then they can get their other ship transported so that it will arrive in time for the CG. The way it is currently being planned is just an Immersion breaking "instant gratification" button for the same grinders who got upset that it took them more than a week to get class 5 Engineer upgrades. Really pathetic if you ask me.
Just to be a devil's advocate, one of my underlying assumptions in this game is that all the instantaneous things that happen in the game (outfitting, cargo loading, meeting with the locals, repairing and refueling, etc.) happen during
my downtime (i.e. when I'm asleep, at work, at the doctor's, out with friends, etc.) since I don't play 24/7, but my commander
is in the game 24/7, and as such has a
lot of free time. When I play the game, I'm not playing purely in real time, but playing the "interesting" parts of her life.
As such, it doesn't break
my immersion that transport is instantaneous. I would simply assume that my commander has thought ahead :O[woah]

and sent them on ahead while waiting for cargo to load, repairs to be made, and fuel to be pumped into my ship.
I'm not saying I don't want it to take time. I would prefer it that way, quite frankly. But the difference between
good immersive game play and an
annoying waste of time for me would be:
1) If I have to stay logged into the game for my ships to move. If I can transfer a ship to my current theatre of operation when I log out for the night, and have that ship transported while both my commander and I get our beauty sleep, would go a long way toward reducing that annoyance factor.
2) If I can send a ship on ahead
to my destination, as opposed to waiting until I get to my destination and
then call for a ship. You know,
actually having to think strategically, as opposed to assuming I'm doing so.