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.