Manad; You admit to disagreeing with Boeing, Airbus, and most professional pilots. GO, after V1, with engine fire .(?) I. for one would rather be with Landflap in the freezing water Actually, I was. But that was in some Manch public pool doing our ditching drills..
Steering back to thread though, I do feel that the AIB was wrong. The Commander was wrong. The bent aeroplane at the end of KTM's runway proved it. Advocating "thinking outside" of the box after V1 , in the cases we are discussing, is very likely to have you being carried away in a pine box. Along with many, quite innocent people.