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From: ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Pilot seating positions
Message-ID: <2458@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 13-Mar-84 16:24:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 13 16:24:02 1984
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British pilots sit on the left because they don't drive on the left
side of the sky.  I used to get a friend of mine very upset to the
point of him screaming..."We simply drive on the left side, not the
wrong side.").

The side of the plane the pilot sits on is set by the manufacturer.
Tradition puts this on the left for side by side seating.  Front and
back seating typically uses the rear (but typically this is because
when flying solo balance requires that the plane be flown from the
rear seat).  Actually most every dual control airplane is flyable
from both positions.  In less expensive implementations the right
side typically doesn't have full instrumentation or some controls
are not as conveniently located.