Thanks for that Thud - I was wondering if my comment had offended people (which wasn't my intention). I would observe that the opposite is (IMHO) equally true - that ten years and thousands of hours flying single-seat jets low and fast is not proof of ability to fly a 747 or A380 through the middle of europe, or to fly one into LHR on a dark stor5my night close to minima. I'm not in any way suggesting one skill/experience set is superior to the other - just that they are *different* skill sets.
PDR