spinwing,
Delete memories of Bill's Taxi: sacrilege! Who else could get an AS355 airborne from cold in under a minute.....
Re the earlier comment about the A109E and later models, cf the earlier A109A. Not only are the later aircraft fitted with completely different engines with FADEC there was also a major re-think of both the electrical and the hydraulic systems between the A109A, AII and C so the operating procedures tended to differ enough to catch out the unwary.