Worker,
A very good analysis but, just for the record, what the AOCinC actually said was:
"Without the irrefutable evidence which is provided by an ADR and CVR there is inevitably a degree of speculation as to the precise detail of the sequence of events in the minutes and seconds immediately prior to impact."
Not vastly different from your Blakely quote in my view and can hardly be described as "nothing of the sort".
This makes you guilty of the charge you lay against Blakely i.e. you lose all credibility.
"Degree of speculation" means that there must be some doubt about any concusion drawn.