Ok, lemme try and see if I can explain better :) Looking the flaws of the Saitek, they probably only existed on the older ones and they now have been taken care of, specially the Phantom button presses. I bought mine less than a year ago, so I don't think it's that bad now.
Let's see, so I'm flying an airplane using the Yoke, I bank to about 30 degrees (whatever side), now if I let go of the control column, the plane will just sit there at the banked angle (30 deg) forever, instead of eventually rolling wings level to neutralize.