On top of that: pilots of any caliber undergo far more rigorous training than what is required of a licensed driver in the US. They routinely have to train for the autopilot systems they use, etc. -- I trust a pilot to react appropriately when the fly-by-wire system goes haywire moreso than the average driver.
The automotive industry has quite a ways to go before I'll consider their safety critical engineering to be anywhere near the level of robustness present on even the oldest commercial airliners in service.