DaveReid I quite agree with your definition of the word "confirms" but the AAIB doesn't fully agree (use of the word "suggests") and the manufacturer doesn't seem too bothered anyway as flap 1 is enough regardless.
Easy Street, VIKING9 - hehe would said computer have rejected the takeoff and initiated the evacuation at all?
Han 1st Solo thanks for your genuinely knowledgeable input!
I'll just conclude that if it is ambiguous enough to cause this discussion, I believe it should be cleared up in a revision to the QRH or FCTM, but that was not a finding of the report.
I'm going to bow out now, as it seems we are just going around in circles! But thanks for the discourse!