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You are imo wrong.
Fighter jets are far smaller, have greater power reserves. I remember playing flight sim and the biggest thing I could ever land successfully was a Learjet. In a big plane everything you do ..lags? More... It's hard.
Maybe a pilot would get used to it, but a guy who has done it in Sims seems like a safer bet.
I'm not sure why you'd consider the very real performance difference between a fighter and commercial jet to be prohibitive but think the much, much larger difference between a sim and real life is just fine.
.. larger ? Good sims model the planes accurately. A big jet vs a small jet is a great difference in handling. I think a fighter pilot would be able to land a passenger jet but I think the experienced sim enthusiast would be more likely unless he never flew large planes in a good sim.
Yes, larger. Try doing a loop in a simulator then do one in real life. Even the very expensive sims that airlines and the military use can't 100% replicate the feel of real flight. A PC and desk chair certainly aren't going to do it.
You try to avoid such wild maneuvers with liners.
Iirc, no one has ever flown a loop with one, but one pilot performed a barrel roll at a lower altitude with a 747 in view of corporate onlookers.
You also try to avoid killing off the entire flight crew yet here we are.
Regardless, the point was that physical sensation is an integral part of the piloting experience and it's not one you'll get from a desktop sim. Replace looping with strong turbulence if that makes you feel better.
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