Originally Posted by
sonicbum
Regarding the speed, if flying with AP ON and going selected (e.g. for turbulence, energy management, Atc, etc..) the call-out is simply “speed xxx”. When going back to managed it will be simply “speed managed”.
Specific operators policies may vary of course.
That is what is commonly said on the line, but it is not entirely correct…
as per FCOM:
”All actions performed on the FCU and MCDU must be checked on the PFD and ND (eg.: “FL350 blue”, “FL 200 magenta”).
Why limit ‘blue’ or ‘magenta’ to just altitude? Because the FCOM only gave altitude as the example? The blue / magenta philosophy extends to speed / Mach also. The key words in the above FCOM extract are ‘all’ and ‘eg.’ That is why you call ’blue’ or ‘magenta’ after your speed ie ‘speed 250 blue’.