Interesting question. How many landings does the first officer in an Airbus get to do in a year?
Answer..not many.
How many landings does a gliding instructor on a winch site get to do in a year? probably about 3,000.
All you power chaps relying on your engines may find yourself one day wishing you knew how to land a glider. Reliable though your engine may be, do you actually know what to do if the donkey stops? Or simply looses power just after takeoff (EFATO). Do you have the remotest idea of your glide ratio? about 12 to one in most spam cans. BUT IT WILL GLIDE, AND YOU CAN MAKE A SAFE LANDING.
Friend of mine took up a well known and highly experienced aviation journalist in a new motor glider. At 3,000' on a nice day, he turned the engine off to do a bit of soaring. The journalist freaked out....