Originally Posted by
icarus5
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Many of the training procedures that we are used to today in the UK stem directly from Kegworth. There was no MCC or CRM in those days.
Oh yes there was CRM training - maybe not at BMA (as they were known then) but at other airlines.
United Airlines and many other carriers had been "doing CRM" for 5-10 years and even we in the RAF knew about it.
The bottom line is that, familiar or not with the aeroplane, there were FOUR separate indicators of a fault with the left engine (five if you count the fact that with the autopilot disconnected, the aeroplane rolled and yawed left). If you discount the Vib Gauge that still leaves fluctuating N1 rpm, high EGT and fluctating fuel flow (plus the handling cues).