Very true about fuel checks. I always remember feeling a little cheeky when I was a student, climbing up the ladders to check if the fuel guy had topped the tanks and screwed the caps down properly,but as my instructor told me, he'll be on the ground with a coffee and bacon butty when your engine stops. Good point also about not taxying before having checked out from Flying Dutch..I may change my routine now. Does that however mean that you effectively do the internals twice?...Once before taxi and then again after refuelling? Nothing wrong with that I suppose.
Beet