Originally Posted by
dera
Even that will not force the pilot to push on the yoke as hard as you have to.
Unless he is an absolute moron.
I think the tray must have been between himself and the yoke, or he was sitting half turned and was caught in between. Very strange chain of events.
I heard of a similiar incidence once at a different airline when a FA sat down (sideways) in the F/O seat as he was taking a lav break. When she went to get up she placed her hand down on the flap lever deploying the flaps at cruise.