Originally Posted by
Jhieminga
Just curious, is the tray-type area immediately in front of the sidesticks on the photo above meant as a storage area? If so, I can see another gotcha, as in one seat position, using that tray will have you put down items beside you on that tray, but with the seat moved back, the same motion will have said items end up further back on the shelf, perhaps behind the sidestick. It is an unlikely event, but (if my interpretation of that tray is correct) could still end up as a hole in the cheese.
The seat never goes far enough forward for the tray to ever be beside you. It is always on the other side of the control column.