Sorry I wasn't clear enough with my original question.
"set climb thrust bug up" is as checkboard describes.
But most departures I fly require some strategy
Yes us too. What I meant is that if the situation warrants something other than VNAV,( for the many reasons I'm sure we're all aware of), then the flying pilot requests level change and then the speed they desire rather than just requesting the speed and leaving the pitch mode as is.So what they are doing really is changing the pitch mode from TOGA to MCP speed, the thrust doesn't change. So my question should maybe be "what is the advantage of doing this?"
What's wrong with VNAV?
I'm just talking about the situations when VNAV isn't the best option.
Level Change is a Supplementary procedure and it is not contemplate on the Boeing's amplified normal procedures, however if your company's SOP dictates to use LVL CHG then you have to do it.
Man o man there must be some restrictive SOP's out there, I don't think of Level Change as a supplementary proceedure so much as 'flying the plane'.
So anyway, I'll rephrase it; If , after flap retraction, you want a speed of say....240 kts, and the VNAV is not programmed for that, is there a good reason to say "Level Change 240kts" as opposed to saying " set 240kts".
Cheers,