Yessir!
According to many here, to be a real hardcore virtual pilot, you have to click on things and power them up from a cold start every time.
However, I'll bet nearly none of those anti-FC3 crowd use random system failures and every help function turned off. Or use real comm procedures and airfield arrival/departures. How many of you "full-real" crowd would truly walk through a 45 minute pre-flight each time you fly? Work through a continually slipping ETIC. Or move to a spare and start all over?
Heavy aircraft would be a great candidate for FC3 level. Easy start up, and filling a huge gap.
From experience, I see more people online flying the F-15, Su-27 and Su-25T than the others. This includes the more "hardcore" groups alongside the newbs.