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I have an enduro with both coil and air shock set to my weight/sag etc etc. They both absorb the "drop test" perfectly. The video shows two shocks that are setup very diffently but that does not mean that an air shock can not be setup to give the same outcome on this "test".
I'm going to get skewered for this by the engineers but:-
I think the video test accurately reflects the difference in performance between an RC and an AFR. An AFR IS more rigid and sticky than an RC. I don't see why conceptually it's a flawed test to just drop the damn bike provided the shocks are set up roughly the same. Certainly there is no way the difference in weight between an Enduro and a Pitch could explain the difference shown in the video.
Incidentally a significant part of the problem with AFR shocks is that they are just difficult to tune - nothing like as simple as an RC. If the Youtube poster had difficulty setting the AFR up to match the RC because the adjustments are so opaque - that is a performance issue in itself.
The drop test in the video was a simulation of a quick small impact.
Not a very good one. The bike's unladen for a start. Air shock stiction itself is really not noticeable when actually riding, not like it can be on forks - I can verify this.
It is true though that coil shocks are plusher than air shocks, but everyone knows that already. Your video makes out that you are discovering some amazing proof!
Coil shocks are better, but heavier. That's common knowledge 🙂
Molgrips sums it up very well.
Out of curiosity I tried the flawed bounce test on my AFR equipped Enduro and it sucked it up nicely (better than my Yeti ASR5 with RP23 which I'm guessing is mainly due to the Enduro being heavier). Something ain't right with the Enduro in the vid.