Agree with Sky Wave regarding the flaps. On the 320 they are set from memory after engine start. Afterwards there is a whole set of procedures and flight control checks and taxi-ing before the point is reached where the crew check the flaps by..
-the take off config with a push button
-the checklist including the flap setting
-applying TO-power which again should automatically check the flaps
So the fact that they were doing flight control checks just tells me that they had not reached that point of checking yet. Sloppy? Yes. Drama? Not yet.
Never the less, I've been in your position where the crew taxied away without any flaps set and I was watching like a hawk!
Last edited by PENKO; 7th Aug 2012 at 09:42.