That may work in the Army, but of my CC signaled me in such a fashion there would have been a problem. But although I have never been in a Blackhawk it confirms the control linkage and puts to bed the idea of remote control at least for the aircraft.
That's a relief. We have enough things to worry about already. Oh, and I think I owe you an apology re my prior post. I was being sarcastic / tongue-in-cheek about "my favorite conspiracy theory", but forgot to put in the /s.