Originally Posted by arw.ryder
It seems unwise and unnecessary to set takeoff power to less than climb. How do pilots justify this? Is it a case of blindly following formulas without putting thought in to what you're doing?
I don't fly Boeings but I can tell you that a full flex take off with the 380-800 gives about 62% Thrust and at 'Thrust Reduction' it will actually increase to a value based on the 'Derate Climb' selected in the FMS (EA engines). So we could easily get a 15 to 20% thrust increase for the climb.
As long as all performance requirements are met then it works for me
