I'm about 2/3 of the way towards getting my PPL.
Even if I extrapolate my experience so far out to PPL level, I still don't think I'm going to be anywhere near confident taking an airplane out and managing getting it through a high workload situation like joining a circuit and landing at a busy airport which I haven't been to before.... yet the PPL qualifies me to do exactly this.
Or even if I had an engine failure and had to do a forced landing, I'm still not confident if I had one and one only small field which I just had to get the aircraft into, that I could do that properly.
Do you think this is normal? Do private pilots really feel like they can do both of the above properly when they get their PPL?
And finally, for those of you who have been flying for a while, how long did it take you before getting in a plane and flying it came as easily to you as getting in your car and driving?