I still don’t quite get why planes are somehow the exception - likely because something about engineering and use of real planes makes inverted Y preferable? I don’t find the inversion intuitive in any context.

Up is up, down is down, and I see no other reason why it should be complicated further for some cases. I just piloted a spaceplane in Space Engineers after piloting a dragon in World of Warcraft and both games just have up on up and down on down. To me, this is how it should be, or at least there should always be an option to make it so.

For any casual play, it just adds to a consistent and predictable experience.