Seems you (and @RulingPen63350) may be right about that one. I was relying on this article for my information, but according to other articles they seem to have reversed the 747 and 787, so I apologize. They should fix their article.
As for why I would find non-study level aircraft frustrating, the very fact that you ask that question is why. I also think mods like the WT CJ4 and FBW A32NX should stay separate (assuming MS eventually buys FBW as they did WT), instead of replacing the default versions. I prefer the complicated, realistic airliners, and you don’t, and that’s okay.
Neither of us is right or wrong, we just have different approaches to the sim. If MS replaces the less complicated with the more complicated, rather than allowing them to co-exist, they risk putting off people in your frame of mind (and there are a lot of you guys, including millions of kids who want nothing more than a copy of FS2020 in their box of christmas goodies), and they risk losing a lot of business as a result.
That’s not good for Microsoft, and it’s not good for the rest of us who want the app to be successful so that they can continue pouring money into further development of the product.
I’m not sure why you would say that study level stuff causes “a jerky flying experience”, as that has not been my experience so far. Future mods might prove to be more resource intensive, but the sim itself is already very resource intensive, to the point that even a person with a 10900K paired with a 3090 can’t necessarily turn all the options “up to 11” and expect flawless performance.
Back on topic, I do not think MS is going to start offering study-level stuff in lieu of the default stuff for business reasons, nor should they. If they do, they’ll lose a lot of revenue from customers who don’t want it.
And, as Forrest Gump would say, “That’s all I’ve got to say about that.”
At least for now.