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Old 06-19-2009 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
I was thinking about the magic of these new fangled moving seats...And wondered:

If you're airborne, holding on to the yoke and you activate the seat moving switch. How do we know that the airplane didn't move, and the seat stayed stationary?

That could be a very dangerous situation if both pilot's tried it at the same time.
I thought the 777 yoke was stationary and the seat moved around it controlling the airplane flight controls. A new twist on fly by the seat of your pants.
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