Maybe in the non-pathological case (two pilots performing the same actions almost in sync--which would include many moments of minor conflict as one transitions

Maybe in the non-pathological case (two pilots performing the same actions almost in sync--which would include many moments of minor conflict as one transitions before the other) it results in a slightly smoother result? Even if so, a terrible design choice to improve the common case at the expense of the rarer but much more critical case.