I think you are putting too much weight on this pilot. They aren't trying to find out if BI is going to work, they are trying to suss out basic, mechanical iss

I think you are putting too much weight on this pilot. They aren't trying to find out if BI is going to work, they are trying to suss out basic, mechanical issues that they might not have thought of. If good BI data comes from it, great, but that's not the point yet.