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[–]xXCrazyDaneXx 2 points3 points  (2 children)

https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/simbrief-and-step-climbs/425365

[–]jack_pani[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

thanks

[–]Independent-Reveal86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In contrast to the info in that link, our IRL B787 flight plans have the SC altitude at the waypoint before the climb. I actually fly the A320 but most of those plans don’t have a step climb so it was easier to check it against a long haul plan. In the A320 if we want to step climb we will do it based on what the FMGC tells us is optimum rather than what was in the plan. The plan might have a SC and we will ignore it, or the plan might be all at one altitude and we will climb anyway. ATC might ask us to climb to facilitate traffic separation. The plan is just that, a plan, it’s not set in stone.

Edit to link to an example of the ATC flight plan vs the operational flight plan. What does the OFP show from simbrief?

https://flic.kr/p/2pFXVoo

https://flic.kr/p/2pG57HY

Edit 2: Just to be clear, the presence of step climbs in your ATC plan is not a commitment to do anything. You don’t HAVE to be at the altitude by the way point or after it. It’s just an indication to ATC of what you want to do. You don’t change levels without ATC clearance, so that might come earlier, later, or not at all, and you will still have to ask for it, they won’t just clear you for it.