Sitting next to 1C seat of crew survivor flight attendant Antonia Martinez was another Spanair pilot, an airbus commander. The flight attendant couldn't hear anything from the cabin (she never was there) but she recalls the comments of her partner sitting right next to her (the airbus pilot) as soon as take-off commenced: "Something weird is happening here" (referring to the way he perceived the take-off maneuver).
Antonia was in seat 1E so the commander was either in 1F or 1D. What could it be he had meant? Vibration? Slow acceleration? On 1F he may have looked out of the window towards the slats?
Because this plane is so quiet in the cockpit, one can hear the slats popping into position, a pleaseant sound I assure you.
On 1C he may not have heard this before thrust was applied?
First fuelling done with switch OFF.Second refuel done after aircraft returned to gate,switch probably left in BOTH,hence refueller's report.
he thought it was very wierd that the airplane had the anti-collision lights turned on in both the upper and lower part of the plane, because "they are always off when you are refueling".
Not talking about strobes/position lights but the two red rotating beacons. Isn't that an item on the Mad Dog shutdown list?
ROTATING BEACON ............... OFF ????
If so, it appears this list was not read when returning to parking spot 11 to service the malfunction.