Chuffer, that's quite unfair I think.
Another example of the AAIB giving their own opinion
I was at an inquest just last week, and the AAIB team did not offer ANY opinion in their evidence/statement. However, when being QUESTIONED, and quite forcebly, the Ops inspector was asked what he, as a pilot might do. Under oath, he wasn't given much room to manouver. He made it very clear to the Jury that it was opinion and that he wasn't happy with giving it!
The press will only report the snippet of a comment to suit their agenda, and when being questioned in an iquest there's bugger-all the witness can do to stop a question being asked... and the reports get whatever they want out of it.