DAL191 wrote on Jul 27^th, 2011 at 5:05am:

How do you do step climbs when you are asleep? Michael Cubine

The MD-11 does step climbs on its own, so I sometimes go to sleep during a long haul flight with it. The Boeing FMC doesn't have that capability. Unfortunately. So I have to stay awake for my long haul flights. :(