? I've been working on 757/67/77 for 10 years now and I never noticed that offset. I checked some pictures and it's really there, what a revelation... I always thought that throttles and fuel switches were in dead center of the pedestal regardless of what was left and right of them.
Well, I can only guess that it's because the speedbrake lever on these 3 Boeing types has a whole mechanism underneath the pedestal, which is strictly located on the left side. It's a big lump which connects speedbrakes, spoilers, thrust reversers, LVDTs, etc. The flap lever doesn't have a big mechanism underneath, so there is more place on the right side.
Last edited by Piper19; 28th Apr 2013 at 23:08.