Push the trackpoint, pull the joystick...
Hi JD-EE
I was fortunate to spend a year working in a college near Buffalo, NY. One of the professors there was a proficient touch-typist in both QWERTY (his laptop PC) and DVORAK (his desktop PC). All he had to do was to hit an 'alt+key' sequence to switch between the two modes and start typing. Hence, I don't think a pilot is going to confuse his side stick with his track point. That said, however, I am concerned about the switch from the LHS seat to the RHS seat. What amount of 'hand flying' experience are the pilots given in each seat?