On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 04:06  am, Alex Perry wrote:

>>> Just something to file away ... big jets should have a climb mode in
>>> which the power is regulated to max climb by the autothrottles and 
>>> speed
>>> is held with the pitch control.

Is this the mode activated by the CLB / CON switch (on the virtual 
Boeing's I've flown....)?

I'm assuming that one of the factors Alex alludes too is the FMC 
restriction speeds / altitudes and the EPR settings selected, otherwise 
it seems this mode wouldn't be terribly useful..

James

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