This incident simply demonstrates the ignorance of pilots second-guessing a manufacturer.
I'm afraid I don't follow your reasoning here Malabo. As you say, it had nothing to do with armed or not, it was an equipment failure. So whether it was an ignorant pilot or a genius, the same thing would have happened.
All I have been saying from the very beginning of this whole discussion is that we should not blindly follow something that MAY be an accident waiting to happen.
Yes, thank God this turned out well for the crew, but I just wonder what everyone would be saying if it did not have a happy ending.
"Learn from the mistakes of others, as you will not live long enough to make them all yourself"