Originally Posted by
HoursHore
Considering they’re at Kabul with no Maint and no huffers, they probably left them running to avoid the slight possibility that they wouldn’t start again.
100% correct. We had FCC's but no dedicated mx ground support and a broken jet would have destroyed the ground flow for offload/onload ops. Also, the ability to taxi and takeoff at a moments notice was worth the minimal risk/negligible fuel burn of leaving the engines running.