Wind Direction

[cichlidfan]

Based on the military pilot memoirs that I have read...

 

Missions are timed as Robin_Hood said, and between the pilot and the crew chief the engines are started on schedule.

[DUSTY]

Whether or not aircraft need to request engine start is entirely dependent on the local procedures of the airfield from which you are departing - Regardless of whether the flight is military of civillian.

 

It's possible that ED simulated the most accurate comms at the time, even then it's highly unlikely that the type of military aircraft we fly would actually operate out of 75% of the airfields in the current theatre.

 

Improving the AI comms would be nice but it would always have to be a compromise between what is real world procedure and what works in our simulated environment. For example, it would be a huge task to code ATC to give accurate airways clearance and departure instructions so it's easy to see why that was omitted and perhaps the start up call was implemented instead?

 

But yes, generally speaking, at military air bases you don't need to request engine start, only airways clearance and taxi before you manoeuvre your aircraft on the ground.