@ tdracer,
I think that is very true regarding the ease of engine starting. Years ago a Boeing 767 departing LAX for CVG had started it's climb out over the Pacific Ocean, when the flight crew inadvertently shut off the fuel flow to the CF-6-80A engines. Apparently the shut off switches were in the same position for other switch features on the Boeing 727 that the crew had recently transitioned from. They were able to restart the first engine in time to keep from landing in the ocean. An article in Aviation Weekly gave air start times for the GE, P&W and RR engines at that time and for sure if you were on that flight, the GE engines were the ones to have!
