From FAA BOS FSDO
Dear Mr Marsh:
Thank you for your recent report and inquiry.
Our investigation has revealed that the Airbus in question recorded an AOA, IAS, and gross weight consistent with an uncompromised wing for that aircraft type and in each slat/flat configuration throughout its initial climb.
While it is indeed possible that a violation of an SOP occurred, the only actual objective facts we are aware of is that the aircraft was operated safely as born out by the recorded data. This fact serves to further support the crew in question, at least as far as safe operation is concerned. The foreign carrier in question is free to conduct its own investigation as to its own SOPs.
As you may or may not be aware, "legal" and "safe" are two generally overlapping concepts which don't always overlap at there respective "edges". It is possible to be safe yet not legal, and vice versa.
We at the FAA do not usually have a response to third party non-witnesses reporting scuttlebutt read on an anonymous web board but our district office is always keen to log another notch so we thank you for your amazing nerve.
Sincerely,
Dick Tattler