Automatic lessons used to be just for pupils who couldn't learn in a manual car for whatever reason, but these days more and more people are choosing automatic because IT'S THE FUTURE.
Did you know all electric and hybrid vehicles are automatic? even the big things like buses! So in the very near future there won't be any need for old manual cars on our roads. Our roads will become safer and less polluting and much easier.
So why bother learning in a car that makes you stall, splutter and annoy other drivers for months when you can just get in and go!