Your point about walts with axes to grind is totally valid, axel flo...so why didn't you make it during the many pages of vitriolic and unfounded Airbus bashing??
There are three distinct phases of this event; initially placing a camera in that spot, while a big mistake, was far from the worst aspect. The attempts at recovery showed major deviations from Airbus procedures and demonstrated a serious lack of understanding of the aircraft. But by far the most serious issue is the failure to come clean afterwards. The captain MUST have realised exactly what had happened soon after. It is this refusal to own up which caused such massive operational issues and trashed the RAF's reputation.