Hey guys,
I've been flying r/c planes for a little over a year now and I have learned very very very much, although there is one thing that I feel that I'm not doing right. In the past month 2 or 3 guys at my airfield have had incidents with props, and I want to make sure that what I'm doing is right.

Here's my usual routine:
1. Have the plane plane situated to where the person holding the plane for me can easily hold the plane back without having to reach across the table.
2. Have my 13 yr old brother hold plane by wing and fuse
3. Insert glow driver
4. Make sure nothing is near the prop
5. Start the plane with my starter. I hold it in my right hand and put my left hand toward the front of fuse. *Plane is not straight on, so my left hand/arm isn't hanging over prop.
6. Take the Glow driver out... I don't think I shouldn't do it, but I usually reach over the prop and take it out. The more I think about it, it sounds like a big no-no.
7. Have assistant pick up plane, get tx off bench, extend antenna and warm engine up before takeoff.

How do those starting steps look to you, what am I doing wrong and right?

Now if I didn't have anyone there to hold the plane for me is there another way I can do this safely? I feel awkward starting the plane, then taking it off the bench, yet having to grab my Tx at the same time to carry it to the taxi lane/runway. What are my options? Thanks for your help, and hopefully we can all learn something from this thread!

-Brian