Originally Posted by EMBFlyer

Don't know who you're flying with, then. I'd say 20-25% of the guys I fly with fly in Selected Speed and 90% of the times they do that is because ATC adjusted our speed.

I've also step climbed quite a bit, too. As we get close to the point, I'll casually mention something like, "Hey, they've got us going to 340 over XXX." We both look at it and see how the rides are. If things are favorable, we go up. Half the time, though, either the rides are crummy higher, the airplane is still too heavy to go up or the Optimum says to stay where we are.