Talking about Rumours, there is nothing worse than suggesting the W&B was done and found to be well within the limitations of the plane (factual) and by extrapolation (he decided to take off) the pilot but then to decide not to come up with these W&B calculations.
Especially coming from somebody who also claims to have a legal hat...
giving a finger and withholding the hand seems to be to being an invitation for rumours.