Okay ... ignorant but proud pure glider pilot asking here ... what is "idle
thrust"? First cousin of "military intelligence" and "jumbo shrimp"?

"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
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I just received an email containing the following text:

Yesterday, Feb. 13th, at 6:01 am, the pilot of a Boeing 757 west of
Denver
made a PIREP with the following comment, " we went from idle thrust to
FULL
Power to maintain altitude due to Strong Mountain wave".

This was at 37,000 feet!