I had about 450 TT and about 300 Multi when I went to the right seat of a CE525 ( CitationJet ). I found the " Beast " easier to fly than anything I had flown before, also systems were quite simple.
Having over 600 hours of P1 in a Chieftain I can easily agree that the Citation is waaaaay easier to handle in any engine out situation than MTOW or light PA31.
For me it was a nice transition to bigger faster and more complex jets as it's relatively slow speeds gave me enough time to make decicions and plan ahead of the airplane.
I really don't think that the chap with 1600TT would have any problems handling the Slowtation or NearJet... Hope he enjoys it as much as I did.
For the course ... yes FlightSafety is good , but unfortunately their name has inflated the prices... If my memory serves me correctly a CE500 series type run around 16000 USD per pilot ( Don't quote me on this price )... I'd check what SimuFlite or SimCom has to offer and there is also QuickTurn all US based training organisations.
JJ
[This message has been edited by JJflyer (edited 12 May 2000).]