From the design perspective, what the heck is the sidestick position cross doing on the PFD when approaching VR?
See the post here about what Airbus said:
THE SIDESTICK POSITION SYMBOL (THE CROSS) WAS DESIGNED TO BE
USED ON THE GROUND FOR TWO MONITORING PURPOSES:
- DURING THE FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK (IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
ECAM F/CTL PAGE),
- DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE
PILOT NON-FLYING TO MONITOR THE PF SIDESTICK INPUTS.
Does this answer your question? I personally do not do this, but others may well... May be more necessary on A330/340 where Airbus technique is to use ~2/3 Aft Stick to initiate rotation - without the white cross, PNF / Trainer cannot monitor this at all...
NoD