Stilton, you're right. More specifically, many don't seem to see the distinction between AFS malfunction and FBW malfunction. In the latter, pilots disconnecting the AFS is not going to resolve the issue - the FBW has to be over-ridden in some way, either in methods planned by engineers or other means. And it is this very lack of direct control pilots have when systems fail that convinces so many of terrible design of the Airbus fleet.