I could'nt agree more, that a collective does'nt work like a jet/prop throttle, but my throttle is situated on my desk (like most others i think) not on some kind of piedestal to my left. If it was, the motion would be correct.
I'we played lots of flight/Helisims for years and i do, like many others, feel awkward to gain power by pushing the throttle backwards. Â It causes a lot of crashes when my instinctive reaction pattern refuse to believe that back equals more power Â
What a joy it is  to fly those planes now Â
What a joy it could be flying the Heli's with "reversed" thrust Â