There‘s plenty of places with uphill taxiways that require thrust anyway. Regarding the head-down, it’s not like starting some old-fashioned mechanical fuel control engine that requires constant monitoring. If you told the PM to just initiate the start and then ignore the engine you’d still save money as start faults are so rare that even the occasional killed engine would not tilt the equation ;-)
Any hints as to which operator the op refers to? Would be interested to learn if/what restrictions are in place and if it’s PWG or LEAP.
Last edited by Alpine Flyer; 31st October 2025 at 09:47.