No job is perfect all of the time. Flying may not be the same as it was 40 years ago (what is?) but it's still better than working for a living.
I'm not flying thanks to the CAA medical department, but I cannot believe how much I've missed it. I have had times when I've hated flying and some of the cr*p that goes along with it, but at the end of the day it's what I think about most. Sitting in an office is boring, it doesn't matter if you are a lawyer or a data inputter it simply can't compare to hand flying an aircraft down to minima on a crappy night.
Unfortunately if you work for a company that makes you use the automatics at each and every opportunity, then the OP has a point.........
Flying is wonderful, monitoring is rubbish, even if it is "safer".