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From David Jones

The following question was asked:

p.s.  Why does flying my Cessna 150 seem natural with only my left hand on the yoke, but flying a stick seems totally unnatural with my left hand? It is a man thing.  If you are right-handed, you feel the same clumsiness if you try to unbutton your shirt or unzip your trousers with your left hand.  Most important manual skills are imprinted in your brain with  a dominant handedness.  Zippers and buttons are usually right handed, except for women's blouses.  Ever step up to a urinal and try to unzip your trousers with the wrong hand?  It is the same thing.

The good news is that it will pass, and after 40-50 hours or so, it will seem very natural to guide your plane with the left hand.

The bad news is that you will then start to unzip your trousers with your left hand, and that in itself is not too bad, except rezipping them with the left hand can produce terrible pain.

Dave Jones,   It's Alzheimer's, I am sure of it.....

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