If Senior Admirante declared there was no problem with the ship then it seems to me He lied to the Pilots.
To convey Pilot commands from the open bridge to ECR he needed one cheap Motorolla and the other one in the hands of OOW /Chefe in the chartroom (closed bridge) as per video clip and pics below.
In case The Armada con Admirante no tiene dinero para pagar VHFe Motorolla , then He needed to use only one man as a relay stn positioned near the doors to enclosed bridge section/chart room where all the controls were located.
If Senior Admirante needed so many relay stns for communicating with ECR ( if any) then it means to me , that even his effing spick and span shining brass, old fashioned e/r telegraph was fucked dead!!! as per below pics and video clip.
Senior Admirante was then in command of a vsl wiich was obviously not seaworthy, lied to the pilots ( not sure but is it not a federal crime???) . His all CPP & M/E revs control system was …f up big time.
I am assuming of course ,the preliminary NTSB report is 100% true .
The pict with LOA and marked in red open bridge area can serve to figure the distances on the open bridge to the enclosed bridge /chart room area. Just use the simple ruler on your screens knowing LOA=90 mtrs.
Unless of course the musica latina was so loud during departure, that neither of the mentioned above ways of communications could work efficiently. This is unbelievable and shocking.
Now lets visit the PL based Warner Bros studios where I am editing , cutting , copying , pasting and what not listening to musica latina to be in a nice moood and finely tuned for this occasion.
Here are some pics.
And finally the video clip showing it all :
Sth had to be terribly wrong with Senior Admirante VHFs as far as range is concerned because I remember vividly having 40++ mtrs from my bridges and bridge wings to the ECRs and engine crew had no problem hearing and monitoring my sometimes angry shouting during screw ups through some layers of bulkheads and steel decks.
Beats me