What's damning about the pilots is they utterly failed to monitor their engine gauges, which for those who don't know are always prominently displayed on one of

What's damning about the pilots is they utterly failed to monitor their engine gauges, which for those who don't know are always prominently displayed on one of the big displays near the center of the instrument panel and easily visible to anyone anywhere in the cockpit. Takeoff is by far the most stress the engines will endure during a nominal flight, it is imperative that the engines are monitored closely during takeoff in case they fail so the pilots can respond immediately. We're talking Basic Flying 101 here and these guys failed it.