Originally Posted by
gulliBell
Which, as I say, the problem is the pilot having this unknown urge feeling he must be touching the flight controls. Don't touch the controls. Just use the trim switch, as it was designed to be used, and things are far less likely to turn pear shaped. Teaching recurrent trainees in the simulator we don't even practice flying in SAS.
Exactly - forward a bit, back a bit, left a bit, right a bit - all adds up to zero, so don't move it in the first place!