Picked it up from maintenance, completed all my thorough checks, would not start. Completed ALL checks again, still would not start. Called the engineer - plane wont start. Fine lot you are, confirming all my suspicions that the maintenance co were a bunch of overcharging cowboys.
Engineer walks over from hangar, looks in, and asks me to switch the fuel on. Try it he says, might start then.
I sat there
Also the keys, 100 mile round car trip with wife and kids. I naturally blamed her
