It's irrelevant talking about how great FJ low level is (was....) and saying that flying anything other than FJ is inferior, because it doesn't even happen anymore (in the RAF....) and the whole point of this thread is basically saying the closest thing today to the flying in the heyday, the frequency of flying, the flying experience, hands on manual machines, exciting missions and all the rest, is by going Herc or rotary.
They aren't FJs but let's compare like with like? Typhoon and F-35 to Phantom, Hunter, Buccaneer, Hawk and Tornado, 500 knots at 100'...etc Apples and oranges. You're on the ground in the sim more than you are in the air today on FJs.