There is somewhere a "not" missing in my sentence. What I meant is that for most viewers the sequels were not their first Star Wars movies.
A Starfighter would have been way easier to fly in combat than the Flacon.
The Falcon is also mostly known for his (hyper space) speed and not for his dog fighting capabilities.
That's why they Poe should have been with Finn and Rey.
Btw. it is really of lazy that Rey's latent Force abilities also manifest in tech and piloting skills, those were specific skills of Anakin (and to some extend Luke) and not how they manifested for every Jedi (at least in the EU).