The Tornado was a transition aircraft, fly-by-wire, stable, with mechanical back-up links.
The principle behind the Tornado FBW system was very simple - the stick acted as a manoeuvre demand device. Simply put, the more you moved it, the higher the rate of turn in that plane the system tried to give you. If the system detected motion the pilot hadn't asked for, e.g. a wind gust, it tried to remove that. It was smooth,but perhaps lacking in 'feel'. The mech. back-up was pretty rudimentary (e.g.no rudder) and intended only as a 'get you home'.
The auto pilot was very simple and only used occasionally whilst the pilot was busy doing something else.
The real problem the civilians have is with the automation e.g. autopilot, not the FBW, in my opinion.
Essentially civilians can still disconnect all the auto systems and fly it manually, just like mil. do, but they don't
Why not?
Company policy
Unwillingness to fly manually
Inability to fly manually
Your question should be directed towards the those points, which will vary considerably from company to company and pilot to pilot.