A320 Selected vs Managed [climb/descent] SOP's
Speaking from a practical standpoint. Do companies prohibit using open climb/descent outside of needing to meet a constraint. In other words, if Joe Q pilot wants to use open climb or descent on EVERY SID/STAR, do companies generally prohibit this? I'm asking because as I like to describe it to my students. Open climb/descent is a "dumb" way to climb/descent. Dumb, as in [open descent] the airplane goes, Thrust idle, pitch for speed.