Could be that pilots [real pilots, not the newer computer pilots] like to have a feeling of being in control rather than have some computer telling them what to do all the time. And then when the 'software' fails, they become passengers, not pilots.
I fly the 'Bus - the thing does what I tell it to. No question about it... It's like a big vicious snarly dog really. Kick it in the balls and it's all yours