With the greatest respect, OC, your argument has become centered on the relative appearance of Stick/Yoke. This difference is truly less important than the physical placement of the mechanism.
If the two Sticks were placed in proximity on the console, the argument is mooted.
It is the isolation of the mechanism, one from the other, that prevents a shared awareness of the positioning of the device, and the results commanded to the airframe.
Let's call this 'shared awareness' .....autonomic CRM.
2. "Of, or relating to, internal stimuli......." automatic.
Watching others is what Humans do best.
imho.
edit. Also, if RHS Stick went inop, and LHS was incapacitated, RHS could fly (also lefty) with #1 Stick. This would be a marked advantage even over the yoke system. Anyone suggest a place to put the trim wheels?
Coolie Hat? With Clacker?
To Sleepy:
(a request in re: DRAMA. Less, please?) The Earth has but one center.
Last edited by Lyman; 14th Nov 2011 at 16:50.