It seems the discussion is all about whether or not the AF captain is to blame, but shouldn't it be re-centered a bit? The real point should be, why did it happen? That's obviously not the same thing.
There have been some posts, e.g. #163, #143, #145 and others, emphasizing that JFK at night is a hard place to taxi in. Obviously both the ground controllers and A380 PIC knew this, as did other people who might have helped prevent the accident. So it looks to me like, whether from overconfidence, routine, tiredness, plain bad luck (AKA combination of unfortunate circumstances) or whatever, people weren't being careful enough - possibly not following the rules either (about going clockwise). So there must be a lesson for improved operations here. No offence to mumbo, but that seems obvious even to a non-expert.
Also, just possibly, this may be a reason for Airbus to add zoom to those taxiing cameras - although, mind, it'd have been hard to judge the available space even if you could see the wingtip from the cam, due to the angle involved. It's a question of practice I think.