I`ve flown both and I love the sidestick.
Fighters are flown in dog fights , close to the ground and other extreme conditions with sidesticks. Why airliners couldn`t?
Furthermore in a flight of 12 hours you will use it for 5 minutes max.Sometimes a lot less. Why I need a column stuck there in front of me?
More.If you have an useless column , you can`t have a very usable table.
It`s just advantages.
Those who like columns are those old fashioned minds which resist to all kinds of changes. Those which , left by themselves would be still flying open cockpits.
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