On top of the idea, I would add, as a suggestion, that there could be a certain number of Save/Load Equipment Slots (up to 10, for example), each of them you can use to save a different set of equipment (extra lives, special weapons, etc.) and load it whenever you want. Useful if you want to switch to a different equipment set depending on the type of mission or event mission you are about to fly. Especially since players would save a lot of time rather than taking too long to fill up the mission slots for a specific mission. Of course, the Save/Load Equipment Slots could be buyable in the Galactic Store.
What do you think about that, @InterAction_studios ?