[quote=Gomer Pylot;3054927]Just because. It's tradition. It's also easier. Why a fixed-wing pilot sits on the left has always stumped me. It requires flying left-handed much of the time, because the throttle(s), mixture, radios, and everything else are on the right. If you're in the right seat, everything is on the left, so you can use your left hand to do other stuff while you maintain control with your right.
But that's precisely because in fixed wing we sit on the left: because the majority is right handed and there's so much else to do than holding the stick. Actually, once it's trimmed why do you want to touch everything, without even talking about auto pilots...
I feel much better using my right hand to tune a GPS, Radio, Xponder, programming the MCDU which are all in the center etc....without even saying you have more room to move your arm to write something when from the left seat, etc....