Fun with Flying: Right-Seat Time

"Morgans" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote

Appers to have originated with the Wright brothers

The pilot sat in the left seat.

Damn Wright brothers. What the hell did they know, anyway? ;-)

The next question is, why nobody ever changed it?

It appears it has gotten changed - for helicopter pilots. Here's an article
where the author proposes a theory on how the predominant convention for
helicopter pilots became the right seat:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...rs/q0072.shtml

As to why nobody ever tried changing seating conventions - what gain is
there? Imagine learning baseball with the glove on one hand and later
trying to switch. The relearning process would be long and awkward, and
unless there is some advantage, no reason to change. Just my two cents.