I wasn't sure this was really possible, so I tried it.
It only proved possible with the help of my 10 year old son.
Had it not been for his valuable "assistance" I would have failed to successfully land the thing. The problems were (real Pilots will appreciate the points) :-
1) No I didn't know what all the buttons did.
2) It takes days to train, and no I never did read the manual.
3) I didn't get a nice view from there.
4) I didn't earn "pots" of money for doing nothing.
5) Yes I had crashed lots of times.
6) No I didn't get lots of visitors.
In fact as far as I could make out, the only similarity was that the "Co-Pilot couldn't wait for me to retire so he could jump into my seat".
C'est la vie !