Originally Posted by
Vessbot
The circumstances around this discussion are making me feel glad for the trim cutout buttons being on the yokes on my plane instead of somewhere else you have to reach....
Not a problem for a properly trained crew. For the captain it is close to his right hand and drilled into him in training. For the F/O who has the yoke in his right hand, his left hand is close by to the cutout switch.
This has been working on thousands of 707s, 727s, and 737s, for eons.