"Paul Mennen" wrote in message news
Well yes actually. For one I don't think the engine would quit since
you still have considerable fuel flow due to gravity feed. I have no
way to test that, but even if the engine quit, the prop would not stop.
(I've tried to stop the prop before after pulling the mixture. It takes
quite some time and one has to be flying very slowly.) So once turning
the fuel pump switch on, the engine would run almost immediately (at
least it would if I haven't burnt out the electric pump from over use

If it died completely, you might think of that. What if the thing just dropped
to 25% power. Would the boost pump be the first thing you tried?

I fly a low wing, so using the boost on takeoffs is standard procedure. I've
never been tempted to forget to turn it off. The thing in my plane is pretty
noisy (it sits right under the right seat pilots feet).