Originally Posted by
the_stranger
I am guessing the average pilot is unable to do that in severe turbulence and therefor the AP does a better job.
The AP doesn’t have an attitude hold mode. How can it do anything but chase the altitude? I haven’t seen turbulence kick off the A320 AP yet, but as the last poster says, if that happens, I’d be setting pitch and power, and accepting the speed or altitude excursions.