Agree with pretty much everything said, and want to add my mighty roar to the "I will NEVER have anything to do with CQC no matter what the bastards cook up" faction.
...but in some ways, I'm more concerned about the 'engineers at ground stations' bit, as I have NO intention of giving FD any more money (i.e. Horizons) until the BGS actually works. Maybe not even then. I'm here for meaningful space combat. Not mining, exploring, smuggling etc - although I concede that I may occasionally have to do a bit more trading, tedious though it is. IMO if they ever make it so that Horizons owners get stuff that gives them an overwhelming combat advantage is akin to 'pay to win', which is the point I walk away. With 'Beyond Skyrim - the Province Collaboration' due for release this year that won't be hard to do
Back to CQC, I think the best place for it is under a sub-menu of 'training' from the launcher, with ZERO mention or influence within the core of the sim. For sure NOT even referred to in the Systems panel!