Afraid to use PPL
Hey Ppruners,
I wasn't really sure whether to post this here or in the private flyers thread, but decided here as it somewhat relates to hours building.
A friend of mine completed their PPL a couple of months ago in the UK and, is looking to go down the commercial route like myself and is at the stage of hours building.
However, my buddy has done little flying since getting his PPL 3-4 months ago (Done a little over 4 hours), and recently informed me that his lack of hours is due to him being afraid to go flying on his own with his PPL. On asking him why he is afraid, he responded by saying that he is worried about various things such as the plane possibly breaking and him not knowing what to do, losing his license for some reason or not thinking that he is competent enough to fly (Lacking confidence).
Personally, I have got quite stuck into my hours building and can somewhat gauge what he is saying as, I too felt a little nervous to fly on my license for the first time (Especially as I fly in class A airspace), I remember it being a mixture of terror and shear adrenaline pumping excitement, I think its just like driving in that once you have your license you might be nervous on the roads but as soon as you have had lots of practise and time doing it, you think nothing of hopping in your car (Plane in this case), but I just think that my friends worrying is a little excessive and in some respects could be quite dangerous which leads me onto my question for you all.
Is this level of fear common amongst low hours builders who have recently achieved their PPLs? and if so, is there any tips or advice you would offer? I would love to say I could sit with my friend whilst he flies but we do not live in the same place sadly. He has a Pprune account and I will refer him to this thread, to maybe help him out, so any comments would be much appreciated.