Us old guys just would love you to have the same basics that we did. We are not better than you by any means. We just had different training. We went from J3's to Cessnas to Piper to Lear Jets to Boeings, to MD80's to biplanes and sailplanes effortlessly because they all flew the same. Some of the planes didn't even have a battery installed. Tailwheels were normal and aerobatic flight was effortless. Beach18's with round motors were what we got our multiengine rating in. Then we got to haul freight at night single pilot IFR and loved it. I guess we were the lucky ones. We loved what we did and grew up during the perfect time to fly.