Write a short shell script which is in your autostart (you seem to have solved that bit). The script could look like:
#!/bin/bash
echo launching in 5, press ctrl+c to abort
sleep 5
myFlightSimCommand
Write a short shell script which is in your autostart (you seem to have solved that bit). The script could look like:
#!/bin/bash
echo launching in 5, press ctrl+c to abort
sleep 5
myFlightSimCommand