... wonder if the PF (capt) was in the right seat?
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... a somewhat different feel to the left i.e. throttles lefthand, stick righthand ... opposite their normal (left seat)!
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Throttle retard may feel very different from that seat??
At TAM, when both pilots are Captains, the PF is ALWAYS on the LHS. When they share sectors, they also switching seats (last sector PNF moves to the LHS and is the PF for the next sector).