whoknows
This thread is about the pilot landing, exiting without shut-down (for whatever reason), then getting back in and taking off again.
One can't seriously wrap this up as maintenance ground-run.
The rule does not need to mention
"maintenance", as that is just one example of why it happens.
If you interpret the rule exactly, then if no pilot is at the controls, the purpose is not to fly.
A lot of people are mis interpreting this rule to make it fit into their line of thinking…
Great. For which reason is it then turning under power, if not for flight?
Perhaps the pilot is taking a pi55 and simply does not want to fly "at the moment", so no need to be at the controls until the purpose is to fly…at which point he will then be at the controls.
