All I can say , 5 pages into this thread, is Thank God I still fly a Dinosaur, which, whilst far from perfect, tends to go up at the rate I ask, down in a similar fashion ( with Left & Right similarly easily defined.)
I think, as a teenager , I saw straight through the Bernard Zeigler bullsh1t. . . adulthood & a life flying commercialy (predominantdly Boeing) have reinforced my wet behind the ears beliefs.
Don't, and never will, trust them.
Whenever I am in one, I am just that few (
) % points less comfortable than I would be in a more "conventional" aircraft &, you know what, I can spend all day arguing my point of view to anyone calling me a luddite, and I think I may on most occasions win the argument.