LHP
I think you missed the whole point of the story....it is NOT the autopilot, it is the weather phenomenon that we were trying to highlight!
This guy nearly lost the aeroplane on manual, and the Boeing autopilot would have, in his opinion, led to a crash had he not disengaged. He counts himself as very fortunate to have come out of it alive. He questions if AF447 found a similar or more severe upset and didnt make it out alive.