We don't make use of the autostart and manually motor the start /fuel / ignition so a bit more scope for a screw up but I still don't agree it should be a captain only.
Tango, curious why you wouldn't use autostart? The early autostart systems (on the 747-400) left a bit to be desired, but the later stuff is quite good. Good enough in fact that the 787 and 747-8 don't even have a manual start mode.