Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Hi Check Airman, Just out of interest and background, why were you climbing the way you were, and why were you not using Managed Climb?
As some have said, Airbus FBW tends to try to operate smoothly, (unless you select TOGA).
Not sure I understand your first question, but we were in a hurry, and ATC had us level off for some traffic above 10,000, so we made the best use of the low altitude. The thought was to convert the kinetic energy to a fairly rapid climb once the clearance was given, but that didn’t quite happen as expected.
To the question of managed vs open climb, I’m 50/50 on that. Most SIDs in the US don’t have altitude restrictions other than “at or above” (LAS and IAH are the only exceptions that come to mind) and if I recall, we may have been in HDG mode anyway.
All else being equal, do people generally have a preference for managed vs selected?