<<not to any pilot I've ever known, but then I haven't been a pilot in quite a few years.>>

I haven't been a pilot in quite a few years either, and I've never been completely comfortable calling those wheels "sticks," still..

This from online Websters:

: any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: as (1) : COMPOSING STICK (2) : an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons