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Old 4th May 2012, 20:23
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DozyWannabe
 
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Please elaborate. As far as I know, you stated that without exception, a junior PF will relinquish control to a senior PNF as soon as the latter's hand touches the controls, to which I expressed doubt.

You also stated that there would never be a "tug-of-war" on the yoke. I simply provided one example (and looked up some others, made some notes) of where that was precisely what happened.

Prior to that I stated that the Airbus flight deck provides a way of locking out a wayward PF that is impossible with connected yokes - but for whatever reason on two ocasions where it would have been helpful, it wasn't used.

I've already said that CONF makes good points about tactile response being a positive aspect of the yoke design, and provided examples of where the sidestick arrangement has positives over the yoke from a safety/piloting perspective.

I've stated categorically that I don't consider one better than the other, and that both have benefits and drawbacks.

Tell me where I'm going wrong here, because I can't see it.
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