Originally Posted by PJ2
What is reasonable is personal preferences, even using the same reasons; but a preference isn't an argument.
Personal opinion or preference would not count much.
You can fly millions of hours and don't need to bother what kind of setup is in your cockpit, but then AF447 arrives where 3 crew members are disconnected if and how flight controls inputs are applied or not ... The Airbus setup is not the cause for the crash, but one of the contributory factor and had to be listed as such in the BEA report.