Well, I believed the same: that command time is king.
I was a Fokker 50 F/O not long ago, and was given the opportunity to become either a F100 F/O, or a F50 Captain.
I chose F50 Captain. And I love the job a lot, but now it seems that if I wanted to go anywhere, I would need jet time!!!
There are only a handful of operators that will see the merit in heavy turboprop command time over jet F/O time in this day and age.....
Agree?