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Old May 6, 2017 | 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by CGNC
At the gate, pilot announces the issue is the Captain's entire flight yoke. The whole thing. Says it needs to be replaced, and, obviously, due to the size of it, they think it'll be at least two hours. Interestingly, he said it would be less time for them to fix it than swap airplanes.
I see the problem... they were trying to put a yoke on an Airbus! No wonder it didn't fit

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