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From FCTM: Airbus Golden Rule :Take action if things do not go as expected . The PF should change the level of automation:from managed guidance to selected guidance or from selected guidance to manual flight »
Straight to manual flight is not wrong but you have to be able to manage the workload and the startle factor.
History showed that uncontained startled factor in an unexpected situation along with autopilot disconnection often exacerbated an already difficult situation which could have been sorted by keeping automation.
You have to differentiate between a planned raw data approach and an unexpected auto flight behavior due to technical or pilot lapse or error.
and by the way I forgot : « use the appropriate level of automation at all times »
i suspect this comes down to a difference in operational philosophy. Here, most people would rather just disconnect the AP than go through the interventions above, elegant as they may be.