Nick,
Slow down a mo' ol buddy....aim yer rockets before you pull the trigger....it's a computer keyboard not a full set of 17 pounders you got under your two index fingers.
From my post prior to yours....where is the finger pointing squire?
The Air Log machines that first got delivered were "green" and had only the basic flight instruments and a standby attitude indicator. The completions were done at Heli-Dyne in Ft. Worth and IFR kit was installed there. Air Log pilots had to fly the aircraft without SAS or a proper set of instruments when the company (Air Log) ran into a backlog at the Heli-Dyne completion center.
This was in the days when Sikorsky was selling the 76 with the organic in-house SAS system and Air Log wanted the Sperry system. You do remember the phase I, II, and III SAS system configurations.
The aircraft were sold that way at the request of the customer (Air Log).
From my post before that one.....
Why would Sikorsky build a 76 and not make a RadAlt a basic instrument package item?
Immediate answer will be....ah..it is a customer option.
Next question....why would an operator buy a 76 and not install a RadAlt?