then hold the stick the way a Duchess would hold a dustman's d!ck.
Finger and thumb, pressures only.
What a charming expression.
I prefer that which a Boeing Seattle instructor pilot told me. That was to hold the control wheel as gently as if you were milking a mouse.
Clearly the subject of PIO has brought quite a few Pprune contributors out of the wood work. It must be a lot more widespread addiction than one would have first thought. Like heavy smokers, gentle admonishment simply will not get through to the addicted. Well chosen words are more effective. Thrashing the control column around as soon as the autopilot is disengaged can have its own unintended consequences and if nothing else, is poor airmanship.