So much quicker and easier than trying to separate cross-connected columns and yokes in similar circumstances...
I don't agree. You hold your button for 40 seconds, I'll just give my control column a good hard yank and it'll break. Done. And if my oppo collapses onto the control column, he won't break out the system anyway; there's just not enough weight on it to do that. Leaning on a sidestick, however, with a dead arm, may be a different matter...