As everybody knows, having thousands of virtual flighthours, makes it tough to simulate being a new pilot. You can't unlearn flying skills etc.
But there is one thing you can do. One difference between rookie pilots and veterans is spotting other aircraft, especially spotting them before they spot you. Knowing what to look at, searching for specks etc. AI does that already.
What I do as a player is to not use the distance dot label at all, until he survives ca. 50 flighthours. That makes it hard to spot other AC, easier to get jumped etc.
Once he survives that long, I'm using distance dots set to 4000 meters. That means the dot appears only if the other aircraft is 4000 meters away or closer. When surviving 100 hours, i increase it to 5000, after 150 flighthours to 6000 meters (6000 meters is for me the ingame standart. Farther than that does not make sense anyway.)
There is always the possibility to miss the dots anyway, but especially in the first crucial flighthours, it's cool to not use them at all, simulating not having enough experience
You may try it. It's fun.