Positioning to remote stand.
On a 320 CEO yesterday returning from the Canaries to the UK. Inbound was about 45 mins late due to all the usual factors, this meant we would not make our departure slot. New slot was about 45 mins after the crew called ready and they were trying to negotiate an improvement.
We pushed back and started (not sure if only one or both) and then taxied to a remote stand and shut down again. The Captain advised that we had done this to remove dependence on ground services in order to be able to go at short notice which all seems eminently sensible. As it turns out we were able to get going again after about 10 mins waiting.
Does this type of operation have any impact on engine cycles and therefore time between maintenance ops, are there cool down timings required before restart or is this all fairly negligible in the overall scheme of things?