a better system...
when I used to go to LAX, on departure we were always pushed back onto the taxiway prior to engine start...
that always put us under pressure to get the thing started and taxi for takeoff due to the high volume of taxiing traffic there always seemed to be...
so what we did was start the inboards, one at a time, and start taxiing (slowly) and start the outboards on the roll.
this had the advantage of being able to keep a pack running throughout the process, and still the Flight Engineer had everything sweet well in time for the takeoff checklist.
we were AP in leased QF -200s!
those were good days indeed...
then they got -400s and blew it!
Cheers...FD...
