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Not possible so far as I know - MSFS automatically puts you in the primary cockpit camera position. What I've done is set up the hat switch on my yoke to flick between the 'Instrument' views ... which includes the walkaround cameras. With two clicks I can be at the baggage loading view, from where I can load baggage (obviously) look up and open the door - top lock first, then the handle - and even load the passengers. Then a couple of clicks and I'm back in the cockpit to start the flight prep.

Not perfect, but helps the immersion

you can close or open door from walk around points, because all that points it's part of internal logic, not identical, but from that points you have a opportunity to click and push and move everything in cockpit, so i don't sure how possible to start from out of aircraft, but i don't see any problem for implement that as default start position, and right now you can close/open door from "walk around" points. and yes i with you, i want external view or some common external view as certain position where you can do everything from "remove before flight" to open/close the door.

It's because I believe the walkaround points are technically cockpit points, but just manually moved outside the plane using large offset XYZ values. It seems like theoretically you could start outside of the plane if you change the default Pilot camera position to be outside, then manually move your view inside the cockpit to fly. However, any time the sim calls for your default Pilot camera, it might push you back outside the plane again.