But all kidding aside my second student that I described is not the person you want to be. That just plays into the sterotypes that some older men might have. The first student that I dealt with is usually the norm that I have seen so far for most girls. Very studious and diligent in the aeronautical knowledge area, however sometimes doing the dirty work of a crosswind landing can be a little overwhelming in some cases because of lack of confidence.

That's my story and I'm sticking too it.[/QUOTE]

Speaking of older men and MY counter story to this post. There has only been one time that I have been so scared in my 15,000 hours as a pilot that I had to change my shorts at the end of the flight. It was when one of these "older guys" I was flying with was cleared to land on the right runway at CVG. He decides to line up for the centre runway which happened to contain a Comair jet waiting for take off clearance. We were instructed to go around and turn left. This "veteran airline" pilot wannabe decides to turn right. There are many more stories where that one came from. In conclusion, there are lousy female pilots and lousy male pilots. Gender doesn't play a role and you can't generalize.