Yes, the pilots all say how easy it is to fly. Great, if one like to fly extremely expensive planes that are easy to fly. However, ease of flight is not the issue. The issues are all the other systems do not work, can not work or have to be (in the case of its software) totally redesigned from scratch. The plane can soar above the fray, until the Russian BVR missiles fly, until it meets a SU-35. Then it becomes a very expense way to die.
It cannot fight, and has a low probability of survival in actual combat. The Israelis tried theirs in combat and now they sit idle.
Its a POS no matter what pilots say, and what else can they say - short of being demoted to desk jockey?
OK you must know.