Have you read the cockpit voice recorder transcripts from Air France 447. You can find them on the internet and Popular Mechanics ran a story on it. Specifically about the part where the right seat pilot was holding back on the stick the entire time and the rest of the crew only realized this problem when it was too late. Having a giant yoke between your legs would have completely avoided this and possibly the entire accident. It was enough reason for me to prefer a yoke.