Originally Posted by dozywannabe
I think the armrest angle question was discussed at length in one of the Tech Log threads. No conclusions could be drawn, obviously - but if I recall correctly not a lot of the 'bus pilots thought it was likely given the extremity of the deflections made.
As an Airbus (320 series) pilot, I say that flying with no armrest might be one of the only reasons one
could explain such clumsy SS treatment.
Any Bus pilot with any degree of hand flying experience understands that rapid SS movement, even to full deflection, produces little in the way of aircraft movement. I have a friend who's flown the Bus on m/x flights who tells me that he can move the stick, rapidly from corner to corner, side to side, on approach and that the aircraft doesn't roll or pitch at all. I've never flown it without pax, so I can't verify, but I can verify that full aileron in a gusty crosswind accomplishes no more than just leaving the stick neutral.