So, out of all the starship models in existence, she learned to fly exactly the one she would eventually pilot? 😄
Yep.
Yes, just like Luke learned to fly an X-wing by flying a Skyhopper through Begger’s Canyon:-p
We were talking writing about how convinently she learns to fly SPECIFICALLY the same model as the Falcon she later pilots, not much about the fact she knows how to fly ships. In this regard, though, at least ANH states Luke can actually fly ships (and, for all we know, this Skyhopper thing could be very similar to an X-Wing, considering a rebel commander is fine with him piloting one), while in TFA it’s never stated Rey can: that’s in a novel, and not even in the movie’s one.