I'm positive airbus manuals fail to make people understand how to handle the stick because way too many airbus pilots mix mayonnaise in gusty winds.
It is simple: wait a moment, let the computer (FCS, not AP, not CWS) to stop the bank angle excursion, then make your input. Airbus texts make people believe that the system will keep ILS till touchdown if you leave the sidestick neutral...
Uplinker
Are you airbus fbw type rated? That is not what the FCS system does...
Airbus fbw airplanes just have a different kind of stability, that's all. They are path stable rather than speed stable. To achieve that you need a feedback loop, much like that of an AP, there is no other way. But handling the sidestick has nothing to do with a CWS system.
In a conventional cessna there are two inputs, as well: airplane stability characteristics and pilot inputs. In the bus these characteristics are different, and heavily affected by the FCS, yes. Same applies to the 777. But it is in no way like an AP or a CWS, and airbus pilots must have very clear the difference between pitch, pitch rate, g load, bank angle and roll rate among others.
A good airline pilot has to know very well his AFS, and also his FCS. Many are rluctant to do thhe latter in airbus because it is "weird" or something. Then they don't trust the airplane which leads them to hate it (cos Yoda was right, fear brings hate, and then you have a lot of airbus pilots in the dark side)