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Old 23rd Oct 2001, 13:13
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Before embarking on my PPL I wondered the same thing, being left-handed.

In my flight simmming days (now the real thing has no substitute!) I bought one of those groovy force feedback joysticks, but was a bit alarmed that the grip was for a right hander, not a left hander.

My old joystick you could use from either side.

But I found that swapping hands, as it were, made no difference and now I can use either hand to manipulate the controls.

When I fly for real now I find that sitting in the other seat poses more of a challenge in terms of the spatial 'positioning' of the aircraft, rather than any real difficulty swapping hands on the controls.

Question - would a veteran Captain find it a bit weird flying from the F/O's seat after many years on the other side of the flight deck?
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