Whilst there is no doubt that Tom Enders involvement in this test was a
PR stunt, surely nobody can blame the company for wringing the maximum publicity from any positive news in what has been a troubled programme.
However, to describe this stage of the development process as "superficial" indicates a clear lack of understanding of the nature of flight test. Would you really expect the early stages of a test campaign to include the kind of parachuting activity that you have described? The findings of the these tests allow the careful and incremental opening of the envelope towards the intended capability. Moreover, isn't the freefall dropping of small groups from the ramp a more operationally relevant activity than mass static-line drops?
To put it another way, your comments appear akin to describing the initial weapon release tests of a new combat as not significant because they did not take place with live ordnance and in night IMC conditions.
Of course these tests are not representative, but they are a crucial stepping-stone to bigger things.