After saying something this sensible ...
Originally Posted by
A-3TWENTY
I`ve flown both and I love the sidestick.
Fighters are flown in dog fights, close to the ground and other extreme conditions with sidesticks. Why airliners couldn`t?
Furthermore in a flight of 12 hours you will use it for 5 minutes max.Sometimes a lot less. Why I need a column stuck there in front of me?
More.If you have an useless column , you can`t have a very usable table.
It`s just advantages.
... why would one say something this silly?
Those who like columns are those old fashioned minds which resist to all kinds of changes. Those which , left by themselves would be still flying open cockpits. A-3TWENTY
PS:
The Comanche (RAH-66) helicopter had a side stick rather than the traditional cyclic, and it used a twist of the side stick rather than rudder pedals to control yaw.
The pilots who flew it didn't seem to have any problem with that rig.