Some misc thoughts:
Some planes do let you click covers/chocks back on, but it’s plane-dependent, much like the discussion on planes that immediately teleport you into and out of the cockpit when you open the door.
For planes that don’t support clicking covers/chocks back on, it can be done by turning on dev mode and using the debug menu for it.
Wear & tear is active during free flight, but there’s no obvious/convenient way of persisting it between flights, so usually you’d only notice if you severely damaged a component within a single flight (an easy one to try is overspeeding flaps until they break).
You actually can carry wear & tear over between flights if you use the hidden save/load function for .flt files:
Video instructions: [HOW TO] Save and Load FLT Files in MSFS 2024 - User Support Hub / Miscellaneous - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums
In-depth discussion: FS2024: Might have got in progess save/load flights working on PC? - Discussion Hub / General Discussion - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums