OK, great picture of a Super Hornet.....looks like the heading caret to me, unless the Super Hornet also removes the heading caret to make room for the heading command marker.
Again, please point out where in the NATOPS manual it says any of that about the Legacy Hornet? Review pages 748-752 of the manual and get back to me.
I understand you’re in the navy or something, but it doesn’t automatically make you right. Again, the NATOPS manual and the behaviour in the sim clearly disagree with what you’re saying.