747 autostart
As if I dont spend too much time flying I am mucking around with a computer flight Sim package called 747 Queen of the skies. It is the most accurate 747 flt sim yet developed and includes a fully functional on screen FMC. In the manuals that are included (which are better than my airlines ones and the creators pride themselves on accuracy) it says that the autostart procedure is to select the fuel control on and then pull the start switch. This is the opposite of what we do.
My question is are there any operators out there that put the fuel control switches on prior to pulling the start switches? Seems to me to be a bad habit to get in to if one ever had to do a manual start. What would be the advantage?