[G Larry]

Oh my!
What if they disengaged the autopilot and actually flew the plane?

[Yo-Yo]

The A330 is a completely fly-by-wire aircraft. Pilot input goes to the flight control computer, which will interpret what the pilot desires, and combine that with the apparent attitude of the aircraft, then decide which control surfaces to move and by how much.

The flight control computer won't allow, for example, the pilot to induce an intentional stall, or to exceed the airframe maximum G rating, no matter how violently the pilot jerks on the control stick.

So, even with the autopilot off, the computer is still flying the aircraft, and the pilot is just one data point of input.