Brilliant. Now I know where I heard it last. The A320 cap'n who I was
with the other day on the chartered trip was giving me a commentary as
he did the started up the engines. After he revved the first one up, I
remember him saying he'll use the bleed air to start up the other one,
or something to that effect. Don't know why I didn't pursue with him to
know more at the time, but what you mention fits the piece, Bob. Thanks


It was during that cockpit flight that first noticed that both engines
don't get revved up at the same time. In fact, throughout the flight, I
noticed that the fuel consumption figures were slightly unequal because
of one engine's earlier startup. Equally intriguing was the continual
engine performance readout on those digital screens. One more thing I
hadn't known earlier was that pilots actually calculate the extent of
throttle required for takeoff, based on the aircraft loading; I'd
somehow presumed it was always full throttle. On that flight, the cap'n
took off at 90% or so, because there were only 12 souls and almost no
luggage on board

Ramapriya