I can only judge this from looking back a fairly long way.....
. I think found the progression from JP to completion of Hawk TWU was a great build-up that kept the pressure on as you developed in the air. The fairly high performance and high G environment seems to me, to go with the FJ job training. I suspect that if modern frontline FJ are basically easier to fly but complex to manage, it might seem that a lot of synthetic training is advantageous? However, not certain if that makes you a better pilot or, just a systems operator? Cheers
OAP