"The other precaution that is quite sensible is that no one person gets
to work on all the engines, so that you avoid a repeat of the Eastern L1011
where all the gaskets were left out of the engines and all 3 engines ran
out of oil, and they just barely made it into Miami before the final engine
expired."
Sensible, Wino, but it won't necessarily avoid a repeat. In fact, just
before the EA855 accident that you cite two mechanics worked on
the engines - one mechanic worked on engines 1 and 3 and a second mechanic
worked on number 2. Both messed up in the same way. Anyway, it's not the
best example for you to bring up in this thread because the pilots would
have ditched had they not had a third engine to restart. Engine 2 didn't
quite run out of oil. It had been shut down on the way to Nassau, the Captain
elected to return to Miami, and after 1 and 3 failed during the return the
pilots were able to restart number 2 (with only about 2.5 minutes of glide
time left).