Seat console with ergonomically positioned cable-actuated passenger control unit

A center console configured to be positioned between two passenger seats, comprising:

• an upper console portion having a top, a front, a back, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and defining an interior space;
• a lower console portion positioned below the upper console portion;
• a first cable-actuated passenger control unit (PCU) positioned in the interior space in the upper console portion, the first cable-actuated PCU comprising at least one pushbutton subassembly including a pushbutton presented through the first lateral side of the upper console portion;
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• a second cable-actuated PCU positioned in the interior space in the upper console portion, the second cable-actuated PCU comprising at least one pushbutton subassembly including a pushbutton presented through the second lateral side of the upper console portion.