surely not:
"It isn't as mickey mouse as some on here seem to think"
Well, some major miracles must have taken place in the ten years since I retired for I have seen lots of bits of ground equipment which were in a shocking state. Circus Air were at least in the top ten. One night we went through 3 GPUs before we could get an engine started.
My favourite was probably the occasion when the knackered old tug just about to push back the aircraft on the neighbouring stand caught fire in splendid fashion. We had a grandstand view of the ground staff taking to their heels and the flight crew evacuating their steed at a fast lightning pace.
Luckily, I called ATC and the fire crew were there in quick time to douse the tug otherwise the whole lot would have gone up probably followed rapidly by my aircraft (which would have been empty by then).