Originally Posted by
aterpster
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.
In the possible scenario where it suddenly takes 4 hands to hold the nose up (like what is being speculated here) it would certainly still be a problem.