Missing cockpitFollow

I was playing last night and I was in space when my game crashed. When I logged back in and took my ship up the cockpit was gone. I landed and tried a different ship the cockpit was not showing up for that one either. In fact none of my ships display a cockpit view.

I thought maybe I accidentally turned it off but I can't find a key that would be mapped to something like that. Nor have I been able to locate a setting for cockpit on/off in the option screen. I've tried logging out and changing my resolution. I thought maybe it was a resolution issue but that did nothing.

My hope is that it is a hot button and I just can't find it.

Help me forum warriors.

Thanks! I've been playing since day one I feel like such a noob.