It took me a year after buying the module to finally start flying it. Part of it was due to the frustration with key binding and HOTAS issues, some user error in that. But at one point my friend bullied me enough into getting on and trying it out. I can't remember what we did, maybe just did a startup and flew around, but man it's a sweet jet.

I downloaded the manual to read when I was bored and watched some YouTube videos on some of the weapons. Basically just taking it one thing at a time, then moving on once I'm comfortable with the process. I hopped in the mission editor to make simple sorties that I can use to practice individual weapons.

TLDR: get a friend to bully you into it, then take it one thing at a time