How does that logic train work? The fact that it's PT-6 powered?

When the 'Van is used to train high performance flying such as aerobatics and formation, then I buy the argument.

The whole premise behind the question is that in the past, many majors have allowed military guys to use their single-engine trainer/fighter experience to meet the minimums because of the type of flying that is done in those single-engine aircraft. For Navy guys, it's been the T-34 and Harrier time. For USAF guys it was just the F-16 (because we used the Tweet, and it's just recently that guys with tons of T-6 time are going to the airlines).

While I appreciate the arguments that will naturally follow about the demands of single-pilot night freight flying (yes, it's demanding), the major airlines clearly don't (or hadn't in the past) see the two types of flying to be the same.