Asobo 787 is downloading a previous version, rendering it unflyable

As you can tell by the amount posts here, it is a fairly common issue.
There are a couple other threads in the forum as well on the issue.

Sim Update 3, to be released on March 11th is “supposed” to contain the fix.
This was apparently based on info which “supposedly” came from insiders.
There has been no official statement from ASOBO, but there are a few indications this may indeed be corrected.