FTDK.........
Just unearthed logbook #1 out in the shed.........my TIF was on 6th December 1966 at RVAC in a PA28. I must have enjoyed it too, 'cos I kept at it till a couple of years back.
But Tin's right...........the first day that I didn't need to do it anymore was probably as good as the first day I started flying I reckon.
And the memories of (mostly) bloody good times over the years, with a lot of bloody good fun people are enough to make me glad that flying's what I chose to do for a job!
I wouldn't have had it any other way, and now that I've retired, PPRuNe helps to keep the memories alive.