Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
Careful agreeing with me. It’s not very becoming 😉
Here’s a great example……if you’re going to SET for takeoff, start the engine when the tug stops its pushback. The timing works out perfect on an NG to where you get rollback right around the time they’re showing you the pin.
Instead we have FOs that are spring-loaded to start the engine as soon as the airplane starts moving on pushback and then sometimes we’re sitting there p!ss!ing away fuel for a minute or two while they finish the push and disconnect.
To be fair to the overzealous FOs it's the Captain that calls for engine start. And they usually call for it as soon as we start moving. I'm too lazy to care enough to challenge them on waiting a bit. And was there ever a policy to not clear off the pushback crew until at least one engine is up and running? Most Captains still tell them we got one good motor in the sendoff, as if they're paying that much attention.