I guess the climb rates must be fun on those trips too.
Yes. I have flown a 767/200 up to 40,000' in about 10 minutes with favourable ATC! I had heard from someone that the a/c in question can outclimb a Phantom jet, although I don't have a clue as to the accuracy of that claim. Interesting thought though for such a big aircraft.
The initial climb is unbelieveable; right on the stop on the IVSI (6000fpm) and the whole thing takes careful thinking out before you go, especially if the SID in question has a level off restriction under 4000'! Things happen VERY fast and it is very easy to exceed flap speeds, levels offs and the like if you are not totally ahead of the game.
Great fun though, especially if you're just ferrying from Manchester to somewhere like East Mids (about 17 minutes airborne last week I think it was!)
PP