Thank you Sky Wave, Dysag and PJ2 for the info on the side sticks. It still scares me!
Dysag - "I just have a problem with youngsters who do think their old junk is great because they don't know any better."
Well, I'm working on becoming an octogenarian. Not sure that qualifies me as a "youngster" or not. I feel like one anyway! Probably act like one at times as well. I just have a problem with some of this newer equipment that is slowly taking the pilot out of the loop. But, PLEASE don't call "my" DC-8 "old junk". Not while I'm still around anyway. Those and the Connies (along with a couple of others) took good care of me for thirty years.