Originally Posted by
cessnapete
Again, not an Airbus man, but surely if such wild oscilations occurred with Auto pilot engaged, would you not disengage and fly the aircraft manually?
Well, that all depends on what was going on at the time, doesn’t it? If you were in the middle of a windshear escape manoeuvre in an area well known for extreme turbulence in the prevailing conditions would you really increase your workload by taking the autopilot out? I’m not sure I would but then I wasn’t there at the time. None of us were.