I am surprised that many experienced and intelligent people contributing to this forum are missing the point that the CAA REQUIRE an airstart as part of the (now defunct) 509 syllabus! If you want to make an issue of it, have a go at them, do not cast aspertions on the people who have been following syllabus directions.
Also, the point of the exercise is to practise engine re-starts, it has nothing to do with PFL teaching. The exercise has a hard deck of 5000' for re-start.
Soap box retracted...
[This message has been edited by Meeb (edited 22 September 1999).]