I think the first thing you should do after an engine failure is try and get it started again
Sorry, Dud, but I beg to differ.
The first thing you should do after an engine failure is set the aircraft up for best glide speed, using whichever method you feel most comfortable with (since it seems the consensus is that there's not much difference). The second thing you should do is pick your field. The third thing you should do is plan your descent towards your field.
Getting the engine started is the fourth thing you should do. If the engine starts, great, you're on your way again. But if it doesn't, at least you've already got yourself set up for a, hopefully, successful forced landing.
On the other hand, if you try to restart the engine first and it starts, great. But if it doesn't restart, you may well have gone out of gliding range of your only good forced-landing option.
FFF
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