1) That's funny ... my instrument lights in the virtual cockpit work as long as I have the panel lights on. The airnav lights make no difference if they're on or off.

2) My suggestion about changing to the metric system wasn't a suggestion but a fact describing how to do it. If you were really "happy to have the same problems a real MiG pilot might.... it's just more realism" then you'd spend the 5 seconds it takes to switch over :-)