A sudden panic call form Ops. There is a Puma running outside with two engineers in it not knowing what to do!
I hoof down the stairs and across the pan to this Puma which had the blades sailing at low Rrpm and one could hear them banging into the droop stops.
For those that don't know the 330 Puma the start system consists of a switch. Lift up and release and it goes into automatic start. Pressing it down just runs the starter motor which is what they had meant to do.
I went in through the cabin, knelt down on the jump seat, centralised the cyclic with my left hand and shut down the engine with my right. Then I applied the rotor brake.
They check the droop stops, which were OK and then there was a one sided conversation between them and the chief engineer.