Checkboard:
Flying should be based on safety. If the airplane you are flying is capable of 500 FPM climb on one engine you can simulate any lower climb rate by reducing power. You canno't however increase climb rate once you are at full power in any aircraft.
It's like the gun issue:
Far better to have a gun you don't need than need a gun you don't have.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no.