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I suppose a fair point to argue is that a Laguz is virtually a pre-promote, as Janaff really only has 12 levels to gain. Jill has a good 32 levels to gain, and with bonus exp being such a handy dandy doodad in FE9, she's not that hard to work with. She's a great unit, I won't lie, and it is nice to have a hot chick in pink armor riding around on a massive lizard causing chaos wherever she goes. Look at the aforementioned average stats and growths, Janaff only significantly wins in HP and Luck, whereas Jill meets him or is slightly above him in the rest (Save defense where she is almost 10 points better). Janaff's growths are a tidbit ridiculous too. 130% HP growth? Who needs more than a 100%?

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Her wyvern gives her higher moment, is probably a point you'd want to make, allowing her to cover greater distances and allow for more strategic versatility. You'd probably also mention that as a laguz, when untransformed Janaff is, for all intents and purposes, useless. Jill may not evade as well, but she'll take hits far better than Janaff. That's what armor is for after all, and it's more effective than feathers when it comes to taking swords.

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I suppose another point you briefly mentioned was Jill's Laguzguard. While equipping Janaff with a Beorcguard could come in pretty useful, it's probably nicer to see it on one of the beast units like Lethe, so that they can run around virtually undaunted by Beorcs. Jill with a full guard makes things a bit easier too, and unlike Janaff, you'd see Jill pull a hit and run on units like archers and not have to worry as much about retaliation. Janaff would only be able to fly up and attack, then sit there as he gets peppered with arrows, right?

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Jill comes along much earlier in the game, and is quite useful from the get go, being a generally better flying unit than Marcia. Janaff comes along later and has the equally useful Ulki, so it's much more likely that a player would pick up Jill and let Janaff sit on the back of the roster.

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Supports wise, Jill supports with Mist, Haar and Lethe, right? Mist is a mobile healer who can keep up with her, Haar is a Wyvern Lord Pre-Promote who can cause much rampant destruction, and Lethe, when used properly, can be hell on wheels. Janaff can pair up with Oscar, Shinon and Lucia. Now, Oscar is a decent unit that can be easily outclassed by one of the numerous other paladins, like Titania, Kieran and Makalov. Shinon comes way too late in the game, and if you've been using Rolf, or bothered with Bows for one of your paladins or Boyd, then you've already got a more useful archer, and Lucia, who's just plain craptastic to add to the history of most pre-promote swordmasters. Janaff has pretty crappy supports. Even his counterpart Ulki, has better ones in Boyd, Rhys and Mordecai.

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As for skills, Stun vs Cancel, Stun appears to be the better offensive one, seeing as it can render enemies immobile (not incapable of attack or defending, mind you, just incapable of movement) and has many useful strategic possibilities once activated. Cancel is an individual skill, focusing on the single unit, and thus is not so good for a full scale battle, like many of the ones you face in Fire Emblem.

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So...now we're comparing transformed Janaff to Jill.
Jill's 24.9 to Janaff's 25.6? Janaff takes this one, even if just barely.
Skill? Looks like Janaff just swiped that out from under her.
Speed? Janaff won by a measly .2 last time, but now he's definately got it in the bag.
That crushing defense that Jill had an advantage of? Now it's 23.7 versus 23.6 Jill still wins, yes, but it's not nearly as crushing as an advantage as before.
Resistance? Janaff now trumps her again.
Atop that, his movement now rivals Jill's. Surely, he cannot do a move-hit-move like Jill, which is her main strength over him (and most other units to boot), but now he can cover just as much distance as her.

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Janaff is best suited for rushing into frontlines early before he de-transforms and you have to take care of him. However, a demi band, at the lowering of stats, can counter for that, though equipping a full guard on Janaff might just be as good a cause as using it on Jill, eliminating his weakness to bows (Though I'm unsure if it takes out laguzslayer advantages?)

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Laguz stones pop up once in awhile, so once Janaff has untransformed and safely moved away, what's to stop you from healing him and popping him back into beast form on the same turn? Janaff back into the fray!

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Due to his offensive nature, if given the skill cancel, he'll still have a decent chance of activating it and taking 0 damage. So you don't simply have to rely on dodge with him, because if the cancel skill comes along and starts working properly, then Janaff can float around the front lines dishing out damage. Cancel is reminiscent of the "Big Guard" skill that Generals have, so its awfully strange seeing it on a "little bird" but it's no less effective

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Despite being locked into a single weapon, Janaff's beak has no clear disadvantages. Jill, if she wants to maintain effectiveness, will often have to juggle between her lances and axes or else get potentially torn apart by another sword or axe. Janaff is so cool, he doesn't even need a beorc made weapon to dish out damage. He hits them with his face! One of Sentenal's favourite qualities seems to be manliness, and what's more manly than going in with the weapons you were born with and smashing into everything you see?

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If you have Jill talk to Shiharam (Which I did on my first play through, thinking I could recruit him), Jill turns back into an enemy and fights you! What was the point in training her if she's capable of just turning on you like that? I read later, that you can bring her back if someone has an A support with her...but it's still pretty ridiculous that Jill can continue to be a turncoat. Most wyverns in games come from the enemy country, but they always stay on your team. Jill has the option of returning to her father, and then all your hard work and money spent on raising her will bite you in the ass. If you lose Jill here, how will you recruit Haar later? Blam. You've just lost your air force. While all characters are a liability because they can die, Jill is a liability because she can turn on you. That makes me incredibly unhappy.

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I prefer loyal characters, like Janaff, who even if they don't like what they're doing, will follow orders. Janaff takes orders from Tibarn and Ike, who are at least, at the end, on the same side. You can always count on Janaff working for you and following through on your orders. Think he's gonna listen to Naesala? No. Is Ashnard going to be able to convince him to fight for Daein? No. Janaff is loyal through and through. Go Janaff.