Ladies & gentlemen: you are proving my point; the pilot was confused about the basics. In my days of simple Boeings you could ask any pilot a question about the systems & handling effects and get the same answer. Now it seems there is a variety of mis-understandings. So will some one answer my question and stop having a bar-room squabble about if it's apples or oranges.
This thread has now been alive for a month without a consensus.