No not really. A fuel selector knob is turned and checked during pre takeoff check list. I can’t tell you how many pilots left it in the off position and took off. You have two selector knobs with three different sets of tanks. Each one has three positions. I’ve also seen pilots not see the fuel caps are not reattached after fueling and the air flow over the wings sucks the tanks empty in ten minutes.
“I’ve also seen pilots not see the fuel caps are not reattached after fueling and the air flow over the wings sucks the tanks empty in ten minutes.”
Wow, that is astonishing. Little bit different from forgetting to close the fuel door at the gas station.
Funny that this terrified pilot is called that by the UK Daily Mail. I've flown with guys who were basically terrified pilots who worried about banking too steeply or descending too quickly, but none of them were called out by the Daily Mail. I'm not a pilot but I get a laugh here and there.
It is correct to condemn the pilot but that has no bearing on the relative safety of single vs twins.
Funny you brought up the fuel cap issue.
I was at I69 (Clermont County-Sporty’s Pilot Shop) getting my son a new knee board last weekend. A guy flew in with his mom in a 152. He checked the fuel upon landing but left the caps off-with the caps on top of the wings.
After shopping, they went back to the AC and preflighted, but the caps were never replaced. I was upstairs and ran down once they fired it up and flagged them down to put on the caps. I don’t think the guy realized how quickly the negative pressure will suck the fuel out.