Hello again,
sorry for taking that much time to reply. I have a lot of real world work to do and can't fly very often.
Boarding goes as usual. When I request departure, I get the question if I would like to request pushback.
When I click "Yes", the ramp agent talks to the cockpit and the pusback truck will be connected.
When I click "No", I get the message: "Have a good trip" and nothing more happens.
The pushback truck remains where it was and I have to taxi trough it.
I think I would expect (and I belive that this option was available under FS2004 or FSX - it's so long ago...) that the ramp agent would still connect to the cockpit and talk me through the engine start and give a thumbs up and that the pushback truck would just drive away.
Kind regards,
Dennis