It is as I thought then. It's a shame and an apparently major oversight by the developers imho. Although, having said that, I suppose most of the controlling is done via the keyboard so it is understandable.
I have managed to map several of the main flight control keystrokes using the Saitek profiler software so, although not perfect, I can use my stick and throttle in a more conventional way. Almost!
Cheers,
WB.