And they simply overlooked the documents, charts and weather reports dispatch gave them?
Sorry, I find that rather hard to believe.
IMHO the guy who made the press statement was a "little" lax and kindly overlooked just how many people belong to the project of getting an airliner from A to B.
Or he just wanted to save the face of the Spanair employees, instead blaming the guys who were only leased.
Regards,
Robert