Now, hands up the AW109 driver who hasn't pulled pitch with only one engine in flight?
Guilty, M'Lud...
However, I got in the habit of both to IDLE and then both to FLT together. Yes, I
know it says summat else in the RFM but that's what I did for nearly 1000 hours at an average 1 start per slightly less than a flying hour. The apparent benefit, according to the maintenance organisation at the time, was significantly less wear on the brushes in the Starter/Gen. However, I don't remember the details of the explanation I got other than they were not replaced on ours nearly as often as others....
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