Some pilots fly by the numbers, while others fly by attitude.
In discussing this, Howard reopens the old argument about whether power controls airspeed and pitch controls altitude, or vice versa. S everal years ago, a pilot examiner of my acquaintance would ask his private applicants one question and one question only during the oral portion of a flight test. Flight instructors often demonstrate one method or the other, depending on which the individual instructor favors. Come on, let's see. Sure enough the airplane will do just that, briefly, as it zooms up until it runs out of poop.