Originally Posted by
Suggy
Hello Roberto and thanks for the reply although it is not what I was quite looking for! :-)
What I am asking is, do you (can you) press the Master switch and then immediately the Start switch even though the flap hasn't opened yet.
In other words, does the system realise you have pressed the Start button with the flap not yet open and will automatically start the APU once the flap has opened. This then would take away the requirement of the pilot (FO) of having to monitor whether the flap has opened before pressing the Start button. This would then release the pilot to concentrate on doing something else e.g. chatting up the air stewardess :-)
I hope this makes sense!
Regards,
Darren