Hasten to add..I did my share of metering around the traps. No option in retrospect.
As an FO did 4 yrs on Viscounts and recall one night at Essendon parked on one of the bays in the inner area of the tarmac, had a very hot start.
The sheet of flame was about 10 ft long according to the hostie.
Certainly got the attention of everyone in the terminal !
Emeritus