boeing247 wrote on Dec 12^th, 2011 at 12:20am:

Ah, no. Thanks. I should have thought of that, as I had a similar problem with climbing. Do I change the altitude right after I reach cruising altitude? And do I change it to the landing altitude or zero? (sorry for all the questions--I'm used to ATC directing me so I don't know much about VNAV)

You can change it any time you like after reaching TOC. If you are going long haul and need to do Step Climb(s), then don't chamge it until you see that there will not be another S/C and/or the VNAV (CRZ Page) shows the distance to the TOD.

On short hops where I know I won't be doing a S/C, I put the enter the first Transitional altitude (that I will reach after the TOD) in the Altitude Indicator. I'm doubt that this is how real pilots do it, but it is how I do it.

The other method is to wait until the FMS tells you to reset the MCP altitude, as theguz said. ;)

Mark