Just a little add to what DR said. For form work, being able to have your index finger on the friction lock or the panel (as a base), and move the throttle with your palm (that's one method anyway), gives you a nice solid feel that allows small corrections. With the vernier, having to squeeze the button and work the throttle with your fingers and thumb seems to be less solid, may lead to overcontrolling the power, and probably would get your fingers tired and sore pretty quickly. As Doug said, it's a million little corrections. Also, the vernier would probably prevent making a quick, large correction just when you need too as well (to prevent too much closure or if you need to bail out).
Just some thoughts to add to the discussion! I'm sure the Team RV bubbas could 'splain it mo betta!
Cheers,
Bob