I think the EZ mode qualification is based on so many factors that you can put just about any plane out of it's comfort zone and its no longer easy mode. Is a Brewster EZ mode in a low slow furball, where everyone is low and slow? sure it is, that's it's best environment. But so is a zeke in that environment. Put the Brewster at high alt against p51's, K4's, 47m's, etc. and it's far from EZ mode, more likely EZ death. Is a Brewster a plane you could put a relatively new pilot in and they would have some success, yes it is, just like a spit 5 is. It's a plane that turns extremely well, takes punishment, with little as far as quirks. If you qualify an Easy mode plane as something you can put a relatively new pilot in with limited BFM/ACM skills, and they can have some success with it, then I would say yes it is EZ. But to qualify it as a plane that's good in any situation and always EZ, then deffinitly not.
BigRat