I might be old-school, but airmanship rules and culpability can take a hike...
Can you imagine how much time in Jail I'd get if I did that.....
Fair points BTW, but it's telling to me the TAIC guy noted that they had to get clarification...and it's also worth noting that the crew whilst uneasy felt that the warnings were nuisance...so in essence, not ambigious..spurious, an easily argued point my Lud given the system faults..and the manufacturers own (most likely attributable) statements...
See its the lawyers...