Originally Posted by
B2N2
forward on a control is GO, back is STOP eg throttle and mixture etc
It is a pity that such a convention cannot also be adopted for automatic transmission selectors in motor cars. I've lost count of the number of times I have got out of an aeroplane or a boat, got into my automatic BMW then selected reverse to go forward and forward to reverse.............
The least the motor manufacturers can do for pilots and seafarers is PRND from back to front / aft to for'd / stern to bow, and not the other way round!