Originally Posted by
sonicbum
The above is official Airbus material.
All altitude changes must be announced with the appropriate colour, i.e. FL100 blue or magenta. If “Alt blue” was already announced earlier on during an altitude change there is no need to repeat every time (e.g. in a continuous climb or descent) . If “Alt blue” was not there, e.g. when leaving cruise FL, the new FL will be announced with the colour and “Alt blue.”
For go around altitude preparation there is no colour announced.
Do you have the AB reference for the highlighted text? My company "improved" the AB procedures in several places....
(we do state "FINAL APP" when it becomes green on a GPS, but not "AppNav blue" when we arm the approach, but we do state "LOC/GS blue" when we arm an ILS approach, definitely not consistent.)