Originally Posted by
VC10man
When an Airbus co-pilot, who would use his/her right hand to control the plane, gets promoted to captain, is it difficult to get used to using their left hand to fly the plane? I've often wondered.
That's no different from any other pilot moving from right to left. FO flies conventional controlled aircraft with right hand on yoke and left on thrust levers while captain has their left hand on the yoke and right on the thrust levers.