RPTR FAILS TO ACHIEVE ALT RESTR.

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DEPARTING LOOP 9 DEP FROM LAX; REQUIRING COURSE REVERSAL TO CROSS LAX VOR ABOVE 10000 FT. I HAVE MADE THIS DEP SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES IN VARIOUS ACFT AND ALWAYS USED BEST ANGLE OF CLB. THIS TIME IN B757 THE PERFORMANCE SEEMED TO BE LAGGING AND IT WAS APPARENT WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE CLB RESTR AT LAX. WE CROSSED ABOUT 9400 FT. I WAS DISMAYED AND CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ENG PROB. WHILE ANALYZING; WE FOUND THE FLAPS WERE AT 1 DEG INSTEAD OF 5 DEGS; THUS THE LACK OF PERFORMANCE AS I WAS FLYING THE FLAP 5 DEG MINIMUM MANEUVER SPD AND WAS ON THE 'BACK SIDE' COMPARED TO FLAP 1 DEG MINIMUM VELOCITY. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. I WAS FLYING WITH A HEAD COLD AND TAKING OVER-THE-COUNTER REMEDIES. THE ONLY REASON I TOOK THE TRIP WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND I FEARED TROUBLE WITH THE COMPANY OVER A HOLIDAY SICK CALL. I HAD BEEN WARNED BEFORE; IT IS ACR X'S OPINION THAT ALL SICK CALLS ARE FRAUDULENT. HAD I BEEN WELL; I WOULD HAVE TRACED THE LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND CORRECTED IT MUCH SOONER. I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE TOWARD COMPLYING WITH THE CLRNC.