Originally Posted by
FlightDetent
Can you check your memory banks, however? What you describe here is sure possible, but if you had moved the ALT SELECTOR before pulling V/S, the ALT(blue) would be there as usual. Even if the pilot used the V/S to send the A/C the other way.
It won’t. I did a little video to show you. During climb, I ask the Fo to quickly select the altitude target below our passing altitude and you can see the « ALT » blue disappearing and coming back when the altitude target is set above.