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I think the simplest solution to the mismatched stick issue is to use servo motors to replicate the old situation--the movement of each stick mirrors the movements of the other.

A pilot wouldn't have to look for some stick position display, or indicator light, if they can easily feel the deflection of the stick.

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My understanding--I am not an aviator--is that the current Boeing controls behave this way and have for a long time. Apparently there is a lot of disagreement between the Boeing/US and Airbus/EU schools of thought, with a preference for greater mechanical (rather than electrical) interaction with flight controls on the Boeing side.

The linked article said that Boeing indeed to behave this way, and frankly I am not boarding ANY Airbus flights in the future.

Motors can fail.

Use mechanical feedback. Not necessarily rigid connection, but at least some kind of elastic coupling or something. Or, heck, connect them rigidly.

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