Have to agree with you BV. I always - well from a very early stage of training - wanted to go rotary, but had to prove myself in a JP upside down at FL ridiculous and warp factor snot at low level (the latter was great fun).
The argument being that "You are a pilot and could fly anything."
Strangely the posting to the Reds never came through.....
.... of those that did cross over, many came back. Some found that promotion came - predicated on their rotary performance - with insufficient FJ time to be credible in an exec post. [Mogwi did pretty well though!!]
And I wouldn't have swapped.......
But agree with BEags that the wider experience made one a more rounded operator - and not just physically!