As a pprune lurker of some months experience I am delighted to see a thread which is appropriate to my own experience and flying. As an ex (very) gliding instructor and Tiger pilot, I re-qualified as a PPL after a 20 year lapse and now find the attitude for speed approach most useful. However, I still have problems with instructors who tell me I am too high on the approach, even though the runway perspective and airspeed are constant. This is because the PAPIS show three whites. In other words I feel safer flying steep approaches (even glide approaches). It seems that many modern instructors are only happy with 3 degree approaches based on the lights. This only applies at suitably equipped airfields of course. Any instructors like to comment?