Originally Posted by
BARKINGMAD
Is all this stuff about modern instrumentation the reason why BA ordered their shiny 737-436s from Mr Boeing with big fat white needles behind glass, instead of the "new improved engine EFIS" criticised in the G-OBME Kegworth Accident report?
Which sidesteps the fact that the other reason the gauges were misread in the Kegworth accident was that the analogue dials used to display engine vibration on the -300 series were considered notoriously unreliable and difficult to read, whereas Boeing's electronic replacements were simply difficult to read.