RVDT said:
You should never roll to the IDLE detent as they all light before then anyway.
With a Bendix you should never try to modulate the start. In fact you can roll the throttle up to full open while it is starting, as long as it is back against the idle stop before the N1 reaches 58%, at which stage the FCU has done its job of starting the engine and bringing it to idle. It then has a look around to see where the throttle setting is, and either stays at idle, or accelerates accordingly.
The 2-finger technique deserves one finger, the middle one. Always used the right thumb on starter and left hand for throttle and detent release, never ever ever had a problem in 7000+ B206 hrs, Bendix and Chandler-Evans (CECO)