Originally Posted by
FullWings
I’m on the 777 at the moment, which is a pretty stable aeroplane (especially the -300). Most people I fly with are smooth in pitch and roll but the odd few just can’t stop giving little sharp inputs all the time, which on a 200ft+ wingspan machine generates ripples that wang up and down the wing bouncing us all around but with little to no effect on the flightpath. Same for the elevator. I spend most of the time after takeoff thinking “please put the AP in, please...” as any turbulence is almost entirely self-generated.
I haven’t been able to find a common factor yet, although many have come off the FBW Airbus...
The vast majority of control inputs by some, or many, pilots are completely unnecessary. Left, right, left, right, ad nauseam. If the input is too large, or reversed, the plane responds - pilot induced turbulence.