I understand that historically pilot was sitting on top. And that radar on military planes should be pointed forward-downward and thus cannot be above the pilot(s). But in modern airliners there is so much space. And most important thing to look out for pilots is still the Earth. The Concorde even had a movable nose so the pilots could see better during takeoff, landing and taxiing.
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Among other answers, the nose contains a radar and possibly other instruments. It’s by far the best place to put that stuff. It would be hard to put the cockpit low enough that your view was under it.
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