Originally Posted by
morno
Bleeds should go on entering the runway. I don’t understand how they can miss it with bright green lights lighting up the annunciator panel!
Bright green lights suggest all is well. The bleeds off lights should be amber, but from memory Beech did it wrong, in keeping with the rest of that cluttered cockpit. It's as if they set out to trap the unwary. That includes yours truly, who when flying several types, got sucked in by B200 green bleed lights more than once (fortunately picked up after takeoff).
Also, waiting until the line up phase to select something so vital as pressurization is another trap. The B200 factory checklist is truly stone age. Modern thinking is to get critical stuff done before moving, leaving pilots free to concentrate on the outside world as they taxy.