I think we all have stories like that. I can remember Tim Morgan coming up to me one day in his flying school, saying Dave I'm going to start an airline. What do you think? My reply???

Let me know how that works out for you Tim. Sigh. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. Now it looks like he's back in the game again with Lynx. Tim, if you read this...All the best with the new airline.

Besides the whimsical crystal ball scenarios, I do wish I had buckled down and started an income property portfolio decades earlier, and just have a float plane for the cottage.

Learn what a gas cap costs.

On a recent lesson, I forgot to tighten a gas cap during the preflight, as we were refueling at that exact moment. I didn't tighten it down, and somewhere on the second circuit, I noticed that stream of avgas spilling from the wing.

After calling tower, we did get that gas cap back, but not before I took responsibility for my error and realized that it's a four figure replacement part.

My car's gas cap is $30. That was a rude awakening.

I would have gone back to Europe in 2010 when I had the chance to convert my license to EASA, (or was it called JAA back then?)