GMDS,
Tempora mutantur et nos cum illis
Non semper mutamus....
You sound like you've lived in that era when the quips
"A good landing is one you can walk away from.
An excellent landing is one when they can use the aircraft again"
and
"If it flew in, it can fly out"
were coined......
And when everybody still knew what an OMC handle was.
I've lived in that era, too.