BOAC:
What is so odd is the the R O's, who were 'low-level' experienced, should come to such a bizarre conclusion on in-flight conditions with no supporting evidence. On second thoughts, perhaps it really is 'not so odd'?
What I find odd is that some who post here, despite testimony from those involved in the airworthiness process as to how it was suborned by Air Rank officers to the extent that this aircraft was known by those very senior officers to have been Grossly Unairworthy from RTS until it crashed, killing all 29 occupants, seem to still accept the bizarre finding of W&D that nonetheless the pilots were the ones who were Grossly Negligent! If such a process had been carried out by Junior Officers against their subordinates they would no doubt be the first ones to denounce such a cowardly misuse of power, and rightly so. Droit du Seigneur, perhaps?