dv8 and Northern Sky: my apologies if my comments appeared to criticize the desire for info, which we all have. The culture at my company seems to be the type in which most pilots don't want to be concerned about system facts which don't help them on orals, checkrides or conduct a safer operation. I can certainly understand that if EGT or other gauges are not accurate, it would be really nice to know that. Our company doesn't really want us to second-guess gauges that are probably ok.
I once asked a very experienced DC-9 Captain (former part-time P-3 Patrol Squadron skipper, on days off) whether he preferred the color to the monochrome weather radar, and he simply said, "oh, that's only academic". Some of the FOs probably were reluctant to point out secondary information to many of these "older guys".
And I would take an F-100 over many of our DC-9s, if given the choice.