Sorry folks, just having a grumpy old man moment...my bike had a flat battery and bump starting it always pisses me off....how I love earlies.
The SOP changes for the 146 appear to be that the captain does all the ground coms, the PF starts, we do setups like now and on take off the captain does the reject. It's a bit like our old Manx/BRAL SOP except the setup and they let you start the engines, without all the rest of it. Not too bad really. We'll get used to it in no time at all. I suspect we will have no time at all either, because we'll be moved onto these SOPs very quickly indeed. Interesting use, or lack of it, for the APU. I do reckon that's not such a bad idea really. If you don't need it, don't use it. Quite logical.
If I'd wanted to move to Manchester I'd have done it years ago, Q300 command three years ago if I'd wanted it. Huge pay cut forced my hand really.
Wifey's about to drop another soon, so I'm stuck here for a while yet.