Originally Posted by
N5139
I don't quite agree with this. I've flown everything from Navajos to Gulfstreams and can't say that any one is harder than the other, or that one somehow makes you a better pilot (just more "clerical" work to do in some - I can't say flying a cabin or balancing fuel is really that tough). That being said, if you don't know what the automation is doing and never learned the basics in the first place, there's an issue.
Anyone can fly jets. They are way easier to dominate than a turbo prop. With the prop, for example, you will be subject to fly in the mid teens, dodging storms all day long, while in a jet, autopilot on at 600' climb, nav mode all the way to the top. Try 5-6legs a day in and out of busy airports in a prop.Then let me know.