It's hard to be a noob. We had it tough, too. Should we carry on the tradition of toughness?
Had there not been an enthusiastic guy commanding me and the others to the H2H arenas to practice, I wouldn't be here. The previous time I had tried a flight sim I couldn't get the plane up at all, just taxied and crashed against hangars.
On the other hand, we had one guy in our squad who really had studied the instructions. According to his own words he was somewhat of an eidetic, reading once being sufficient. Pity that he doesn't fly any more, a guy that knew by heart all down times and ammo loads to destroy an object was irreplaceable.