A bit disingenuous there.
"12 tyre bursts are not important"! A properly executed abort shouldn't produce anything like 12 tyre bursts - it is prima facie evidence of an abort above V1 - which would put it in the realm of untested (and thus not necessarily safe) outcomes.
777 TRI here- The above is utter cock.
A high speed RTO in a 777-300ER will melt fuse plugs in anything close to limiting conditions.
Indeed we had an ER land overweght using brake three (MUCH less deceleration than RTO) and IT melted all the main gear fuse plugs.
Checkboard, the above is, rather, prima facie evidence of a propensity to shoot ones mouth off without knowing the fact.
As to the reason for the reject. the basic philosophy is that the inhibit systems leaves only Aural Cautions and Warnings for items which should result in an RTO. I can't think of an Auto-thrust caution that is on that list, bu journalism being what it is, I'll reserve judgement till the facts are in.