Helicopters and Jets - Keyboard+Mouse vs Joystick?

Hello! I have like 500h playtime just flying a Heli whit keyboard and mouse and I wanted to det to the next lvl so I buyed a joystick and like others are saying it's what you are used to you. For me flying a Heli is harder whit a joystick cos ist new. But in the long way I think you can get like me world top 364th ranled pilot on choppers just usins the mouse and keyboard! And yes at the first it's really irritating to get the joystick in a right place fot not be in your way...