Quite simply I'd rather have someone who can FLY an aeroplane as opposed to an autopilot next to me... Even more so when I go for my morning ablutions, usually around the Bucharest FIR...
I couldn't care two hoots about their background...
On a related note. Why the recent expensive publication teaching us all how to plan descents and do CDAs? Maybe some aren't as capable as they think they are would be my guess!