We make too much of this thing called complex aircraft and low time students!
I wonder how on earth in world war 2 they ever got 18 year olds to fly powerful aircraft like the Spitfire in a handful of hours?
Students have in the past done PPLs on complex singles and even twins
Pace
Hear hear Pace.
Another consequence of the modern day "safety culture". We are all going to end up as a load of wussies. As my CFI used to say whenever I expressed apprehension, "It's only a bloody aeroplane..."