Sidestick Stirrer said
It's a trick question, Gentlemen.
You cannot disconnect the autopilot in an Airbus if it is in normal or alternate law.
The only time you can actually fly it in a condition approaching " flying" is in direct law.
Any other time, it's just CWS...
Mate, your nickname suggests you fly a fbw airbus but you seem not to know its FCS.
And direct law is not a condition approaching flying, not more than normal law is, at least.