Admittedly that's a good point taken in isolation, but as you so eloquently put it, the amount of evidence available is not sufficient to make a statistically valid conclusion. "Suspicions" based on an assumption that something stands to reason are just that - opinion and conjecture.
Good! Then I'll stop maintaining that yokes would have helped, if you'll stop saying that they wouldn't.
The only thing for sure is that we don't know.
....a combination of monitoring the aircraft's response plus timely and effective communication with your colleague in the opposite seat should nullify that potential problem.
Indeed it should, but back to the real world-- that just didn't happen this time. Even if some pilots
shouldn't be fools, the fact remains that some are, so "foolproof is better." If one outta 100 pilots need a situational icon showing attitude, let's just give 'em one! Hang the expense.
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