Wedge]Reading through reviews I have found the following about Saitek's Yoke:

Pros:
larger, separate throttle
smooth metal shaft

Cons:
Phantom key presses.

Mark, did you have any phantom key press issues with your yoke?

Wedge]Do yokes "spring' back to center like in a joystick meaning that if you push the yoke forward which would pitch the aircraft nose down once you release pressure will the yoke "spring" back to center?

The Y axis… has a general center area, it does not come back to the same center every time unless moved by hand. This is a design element that was requested a long time ago by users of the Virtual Pilot and derivatives, in response to the fact that those controllers had a center detent for the Y axis and the users felt this was unlike a real aircraft."

"So the Flight Sim Yoke and the Eclipse yokes have general center areas for the Y axis and will not pop back into a detent or specific center unless moved by hand. The center area is approximately an inch and a half of travel, some of which is taken up with the null zone (some times called the "dead zone"), an area of electronic non-response which is adjustable in most sims or through Control Manager."