Look at this marvel of interface design
“Hey, do you know you can pan with this joystick? But… do you know you can pan HORIZONTALLY? Hey, me again… do you know you can also pan VERTICALLY? Oh, and if you turn it it does this other thing… Hey! No need to look at the Autopilot panel …LOOK AT MEEEE!!! Have you tried PRESSING it? Do you know it’s also a BUTTON!? What a time to be alive”
I mean, seriously Asobo, WTH! Do you really need to spell out to people how to use a virtual joystick? Man, sometimes if I have no clue how to interact with an instrument I simply Google it, in the end these are real-world aircraft with real-world instruments that have instruction manuals and guides. Not every.single.thing has to be explained in-game.
Locking the instrument to make it easier to move it with a controller makes sense. Assuming Xbox users have the IQ of a potato does not.