As far as I can tell, there hasn't been a decent casual flight simulation experience during either this console generation, or the latter part of the PS3/Xbox 360 era. This has been personally disappointing, as I grew up playing the Rogue Squadron games and enjoyed more recent titles such as Blazing...
Positives + Good sense of progression + Fairly unique experience + Game world feels alive and interesting
Negatives; Environments get a little repetitive; Controls can be fiddly