Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
It’s so you don’t inadvertently pull it and roll back over someone’s foot. There is always someone watching over your shoulder! Look at the ‘no step’ markings - they wouldn’t put them there if it hadn’t happened before...
I thought that those of us who were in harms way aloft didn't give much thought to those in harms way in a simulator. Didn't have such fancy contraptions in my day.