<b>Whirly</b> - thanks for your contributions - I had very similar problems in the ab-initio stage and it's good to know I'm not alone.
<b>Scottishburd</b> - if your friend would like to email me I would be happy to talk to her too. As <b>CFI</b> has pointed out - if no-one bothers to check why we are having trouble landing, then the problem goes on and on. (It was a fellow female student who asked me if I could see over the nose when landing, when I was bewailing that I was having problems.)
With due respect to the more experienced contributors to this thread, I think there may be something in the gender issue. I had a hard time getting my PPL and after some people I knew had a terrible aircraft accident I felt that if I was to continue flying I needed to know more about it, so embarked on the CPL course. My self esteem was so low that when instructed to do a glide approach on my CPL test I apologised to the examiner, on landing, that I had not touched down on the piano keys. Luckily for me he burst out laughing and patted me on the shoulder saying "You greased it on - what are you worried about?"
So much depends on how the FI/testing officer responds to the student. The good teacher senses the right way to respond. sad that so many don't!
Still, this thread is positive in that so many of us overcame the setbacks a nd are still flying, for pleasure and/or profit
