It was always a comfort to know that it was already running in the background if the !!!!! should hit the fan at low level
Give a thought to what it really protects
Sure it's nice to have for a warm feeling, but how many actual engine flameouts occur at these low levels?
At high power including climbouts it's engine stall that spools down the engine. Stall recovery and continous ignition is the quick way to go. Shutting down an engine and then restarting it takes a long time.
I'm still patiently waiting for more data from the NTSB hearing defining exactly what happened (I can almost taste that beer bet right now
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barit1 I do agree with you about the volcanic ash scenario it's just that you can't always count on the flaking to work