Where we really need these:

[CMDR GTR2014]

exactly, and better!
you can do that by slingshot guys
posted that already, instead watching the magic 6 - rush through with full speed

You can do 5 and even 4 if you know what you are doing.. but i wont teach that because it's WAY harder than you can possibly think

 

[CMDR GTR2014]

Yep, realise all that, but it doesn't change the fact that you don't really need those pointers when the station is hanging in front of you and you can see it's rotation.

They'd still be much handier if you had them when you were > 100+ls and you can't even see the planet yet and want to plan your approach. Even more so when the station is orbiting a moon and you need to be < 10ls away before you can make out the orbit path of the station.

I don't think so you are too far from the planet, and every station follows a protocol of orbit... I mean ... the arrows are there only for noobs get around the station in nomal space... at super... you can spot it very easilly because you always know that the station is facing a planet pole...