Complete the panicked passenger's text message to their family.

If the captain were actually paying attention to the radar, our ship would not be heading straight for that massive iceberg. I honestly wish I had taken the train instead!

The correct sentence is: If the captain were actually paying attention to the radar, our ship would not be heading straight for that massive iceberg. I honestly wish I had taken the train instead!

were: In unreal present conditionals, the subjunctive "were" is the grammatically correct choice over "was" for all subjects (including singular subjects like "the captain").

would: Because the "if" clause describes a hypothetical, contrary-to-fact situation, the main clause requires "would" to show the imaginary result.

had: When expressing regret about an event that already happened in the past, we follow the verb "wish" with the past perfect tense ("had taken").