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Shutting down a motor and saving 600 lbs/45 mins/$2.50/gal is around $170 saved in fuel alone. Probably over $200 when you involve maintenance.
Plus APU runs the packs better. No excuse, just pure laziness.
No previous airline I worked at had any trouble single-engine taxiing and massive debates of APU usage like this place does. And one of them was a 737 operator based somewhere with snow and slick ramps... I don't get it.
Just my opinion, but I don't really see United/Delta pilots complaining about single-engine taxi or APUs/hot airplanes at the gate either. But this argument goes back to the common thought process that "this management is inept and our fuel savings won't mean anything anyway" which I understand that frustration too.