Mode Control Panel selection - UK
Hi
Quick question for you lovely ATC chaps/ladies regarding MCP selections on a SID. I don't have a SID chart to hand but say something out of LGW with an initial stop alt of 3000 with higher stop alts and ending at 6000 (from memory!).
My question is: what do you expect the flight crew to select on the MCP, the first restriction or the final cleared altitude. There seems to be some confusion as to which we, as pilots, should select. A colleague was challenged on this presumably because he selected the final alt, which Mode S picked up, but the aircraft in VNAV levelled off as per the SID profile. Shame we don't do famil flights any more as this is the sort of thing it would be good to discuss.
BBK