I don't like the bench. My Nexstar doesn't fit all that well on it; the dihedral nearly clears the top of the wing stops, and the mains just fit on the platform. It looks like at least our bench was designed with a tail dragger in mind. The first time I got to the field I was working on the bench, and thought 'oh, how nice, a bench.' I put my plane on it, went to my car to get something, and the wind nearly blew my plane off the bench.

I work on the ground, with a tether if I'm doing something more than just starting my plane. My plane can't fall off the ground.

Will second what's been said above though, the bench wasn't necessarily the problem in the cases cited.