Having been an instructor for about thousand hrs, i am currently flying the Boeing 744, i dont quite agree with the title Better pilot when i was an instructor, unless it means better stick and rudder skills.
As you move to airline flying the set of skills required changes, situational awareness, system management,evaluating and negotiating weather being a few of them.
However i do agree that being an intructor my stick and rudder skill was better.I hope given some more time in the big bird i would be able to do it as well in the 744 too.