Have you ever came across any dive operator using it than the conventional 2nd stage?
Air II is more expensive than traditional octos. Octos used in rental/training fleets are usually the bottom of the line, least expensive second stages out there. I have yet to see a dive center has AI dive computer in their training or rental fleet either but that doesn't mean AI dive computers are bad, inferior or to be avoided. I haven't seen too many dive centers use primary donate/long hose and back up on short hose with bungee either but, again, this doesn't mean that this configuration is inferior.
If it is as good as those claimed I should had seen it more often!
Perhaps you should go out more often and make more friends (after you tune down your attitude and chill out a bit).