skyemonster
I hope your username here doesn't reflect your personality in the aeroplane or that may be the easiest problem to solve (i.e. swap instructors). By the way, did you actually want to say anything about why you felt this (47hrs) was a good thing or a bad thing? Are you on a salary or paid per flight hour?
(all the brains of a)Fluffy (white) Cloud
Ditto
I haven't met a bad female pilot (qualified or student) yet. Generalisations like these, while occasionally useful to start someone off, are damaging to our reputation as instructors. The scariest flights I've had have been with guys who are so dedicated to their task they don't realise it's the wrong task. I've found that while good pilots of either gender are equally good (although in different ways), the bad ones tend to fall along the lines of
male=narrow, intense focus (if any), don't do required tasks (like find the runway)
female= (I'm going on hearsay) focus way too wide and do parts of everything all at once
I screwed up my Restricted Drivers licence test the first time and I don't have tits. I managed to drive onto the kerb outside the Police station trying to parallel park after a nightmare of a test. If I had been given proper instruction it definitely would not have happened because I simply hadn't been taught what to do.
So what? I don't know any females who stuffed it up, ceratinly not with the same flair
I think it is a question of attitude as well, but I don't think that only the student's attitude matters. If you treat students like they can fly the aeroplane but need to believe in themselves a bit more, show them they can fly and let them get on with it. If not then refer them somewhere else.
BTW, what specific problems is she having? We may be able to help you know.
Safe flying
