Witches Upset by Broomstick Style (as per requested.....:)

[Rosmerta]

Hmm. If the brush part were used more like a steering wheel or that 
sort of half-circle they use to fly planes, then maybe what you lose 
in aerodynamics you make up for in control? Because, really, why have 
bristles at all? Certainly the impoverished witches of the 16th c. 
had to make due with enchanting an ordinary household object for 
flying, but by the time we're talking about students at Hogwarts (who 
obviously don't use their brooms for cleaning) why have the brush 
part at all? Wouldn't a flying stick be even more aerodynamic? Kind 
of like the way racing bicycles don't have spokes any more.

~Rosmerta