I had a PhD student a few years ago looking at piloting technique in the simulator - he noticed that when flying a precision tracking task, if he plotted stick position against time - the pilots with the largest range and rapidity of movement both usually had the last hours, and the lowest ability to handle handling related emergencies (we were throwing loads through the sim at the time as part of a research project).
That said, I used to fly with an F/A-18 pilot from the USN who did this all the bloody time in a Hawk - and with the throttle as well. It seemed to make him happy, but the aeroplane responses were far slower than his inputs, so it made no difference whatsoever. He thought it was something to do with habits picked up on carrier landings!
Testing and teaching on light aeroplanes on the other hand - it can be positively problematic in ground effect as it makes it far too easy to enter a PIO.
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