Was thinking the same thing myself about the speed!
I wouldn't want the family down the back with someone up front who
thinks its perfectly acceptable to be Vref + 22. Now if it was inadvertent and he thought he was within the limits, then that's slightly different.... Take it on the chin and for the rest of your EK career, make sure you are fully configured by 2000'....... Simple! But stop crying foul when you screw up....