Default pilot figure appearing even if not configured in MSFS2020 aircraft.cfg file

[MSFS 2024] Bug Reports Aircraft
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Version:1.0.72.0

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: High

Context: all MSFS2020 packages using modeled pilots

Bug description:
Default MSFS2024 pilot appears (standing) even if no pilot is configured in the MSFS2020 package.
Not configuring a pilot in MSFS2020 was intentional in order to use custom modeled pilot figures - more appropriate for each plane.

Repro steps: loading any aircraft with “modeled” pilot figures (e.g. IndiaFoxtEcho MB.339) seem to cause the glitch. Pilot figure appears.

Indiafoxtecho T-45 - pilot showing

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Indiafoxtecho MB-339 - pilot showing (legs visible below fuselage)

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Another example - pilot appears in the Long-EZ in MSFS2024 but does not in MSFS2020:

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Same here.
Attach node set in aircraft.cfg, but the node is not part of the model.
Pilot appears anyway. Only in FS24

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