Originally Posted by
Farmlover
I thought that the fo's on the 900 couldn't start the engines, so if you single engine taxi the capt must stop mid taxi and start engine. Is that still true?
This is no longer the case. Legacy XJ never allowed F/Os to do engine starts at all (why, Ill never know). Legacy 9E pretty much always did as SOP. So for that reason single engine taxis were more common on the 200 and less so on the 900 due to which crews more commonly operated each type. But now F/Os are permitted specifically to start the second engine during taxi so that the captain doesnt have to stop and do it.