Pilot mag this month has an accident report where it looks as though the pilot (new on type, can't remember what it was and I've thrown the mag away!) was used to LH stick , RH throttle and made a mistake on short finals (sudden sink, tried to apply a fistful of throttle to correct but instead stuffed the nose down). So this kind of inbuilt behaviour can be v. dangerous. I seem to remember something from the Human Factors course that says we revert under stress to the first learned behaviour - certainly seems true for me. Hence teaching Undercarriage Down as a downwind check, even on fixed gear types.
Tim