Are you all crazy? The world has gone mad.
It is wholly inappropriate that these guys should get an award following this incident. Yes they did well to deadstick it into Lajes. BUT they made monumental balls up in the first place.
The cause of the leak is irrelevant that fact was that they had one. What ever type of a/c you are flying, be it a PA28, 747 or A330 you must ask yourself WHY HAVE I GOT A FUEL IMBALANCE?
Yes the ECAM may have been misleading, but no pilot should blindly follow checks without thinking about what they were doing, especially on an Airbus.
The crew were very lucky that they had good weather, a nearby airfield and the skill to deadstick it. They came very close to killing all on board.
Before the romanticists say it, yes I have made mistakes but never one on this scale. If I did I would expect to be sacked, sued and perhaps prosecuted for endangering lives NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD!!!