Comment by 1970-01-01
1 day ago
Technically an overstatement but not by much. Correctly restated, its highly unlikely these actions were confusing pilots. It's as if you mistook flushing your toilet twice when instead you wanted to turn on the lights in your bathroom.
I don't agree with the "twice". A frequently performed manipulation like the fuel cutoff (usually performed after landing) collapses down to a single intention that is carried out by muscle memory, not two consciously selected actions.
Your opinion is valid but definitely doesn't align with any evidence.
What a shallow, copy-paste response.
His statement was about a certain, obviously real tendency in general, existence of which is reasonable to assume there is enough research about.
He objected not to the unlikelihood of an accidental manipulation, but to the potential flaw in your comparison (which was at best a valid opinion).
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