BDM
Once the pilot is in his seat if something is not happening as it should he must control the aircraft with the knowledge he has at that point of time. No argument about it. But it should be as an exception not to be converted into a procedure. If there was a need the manufacturer would have suggested that. Developing own procedures is fraught with danger in airbus FBW. Besides disconnection of automatics is not a panacea and can bring its own problems as in the case of air proximity incident between A330, A340 across the Atlantic, fatal one at Sochi. As an airbus pilot one needs to spend some time understanding the flight controls and auto flight systems. Airbus cannot be flown like a Boeing. In a flight path stable aircraft manual flying is not a great skill but one also needs to know its automatics well because that is the design philosophy. All that we are discussing high energy GA, rejected landing, interception of GS from above are routine exercises taught in a type rating syllabus and many 200hrs pilots do it satisfactorily. These are practiced procedures and not acts of acquired skill. All procedures a pilot is expected to know. Yes once in a while a human can make mistake no problem with that.