Yea, used to fly with a friend in his Cessna, maybe 172/182, It looks easy until you have to do it yourself.
Its like a car or a bike. You have to do it enough to be comfortable and smooth with your inputs to call it ‘easy’. Kind of hard to do when you are nervous or new to it. Eighty hours aint much, but anyone with eighty hours should be able to stick a landing so long as your not dealing with engine emergencies at the same time.
So true I used to fly everywhere with my ex boyfriend in his Mooney. I never took lessons but I knew where everything was and pretty much what to do and what the flaps and landing speed were. He took off and then let me fly all the time. I flew from Atlanta to Jax one day. You just listen to the instructions from the controller as you go along. I brought it all the way around to final and then i threw my hands up and let him land. In a pinch I could have put it down but that flairing at the last minute is not as easy as it looks. That guy did a hella job landing. I figured he’d crow hop it a few times.