Hi,
I was talking to a BA captain on 22nd Aug, and I askd him what all the concorde pilots are doing now that it isn’t flying.
He said that the have all been moved to either the 777 or 744. But he said that BA is now having a problem getting concorde pilots, with concorde having been close to getting its operating certificate back.
Concorde only flies charters, and a daily service to New York & in the winter occasional services to barbados. He said that because of the lack of routes on the concorde timetable barely any of the pilots want to go back to concorde, they wish to stay on the two large jets.
Shaun
By: dan330 - 28th September 2001 at 18:32
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
744 means 747-400, its just a shorter way of writting it.
By: coanda - 26th September 2001 at 19:51
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
may i ask what a 744 looks like????:7 the pilots you spoke to are not concorde crew, and therefore have a biased opinion i would suggest, perhaps even the green eyed monster comes into play in events such as this????
coanda
By: monster500 - 9th September 2001 at 12:22
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
i wouldnt mind a shot at it but i think my licence for the 777 is safe cos its a great aircraft
By: KabirT - 9th September 2001 at 08:21
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
Thats ok Shaun…what i meant to say is that normally let the flight be just inside Europe for the Concorde, no pilot is going to refuse to it except some pilots. Seeing the world is a good part of the job of a pilot…but for a Concorde pilot, flying the Concorde is bigger than that…everyone can see the world…not everyone can fly the Concorde.
By: shauny2k1 - 8th September 2001 at 22:45
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
He said to me that he wouldn’t fly concorde because you can’r go to enough places, only New York and in WInter Barbados. He said he would love to fly concorde, but he wouln’t because he is going all over the world. The co-pilot agreed.
And he said that the pilots have all flown concorde, and they mostly are now hapier flying around the world in a 777 or 744, than just to new york or barbados.
the pilots of my flights words, not mine.
Shaun
By: V1 - 8th September 2001 at 16:41
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
For many BA line captains, getting the chance to fly on Concorde is like being in the USAF and being offered a chance at being an astonaut. If it was me, I’d jump at it.
By: KabirT - 8th September 2001 at 13:17
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
rubbish…..all Concorde pilots are proud of flying that machine…and they know that plane more than any one else. They know it still has some more in it…feeling unsecure…not a chance.
By: andrewm - 8th September 2001 at 11:03
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
Maybe they wont fly it cos they dont feel secure?
Andrew M
By: KabirT - 8th September 2001 at 05:36
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
No pilot will say No to flying the Concorde. And i think they all will be very happy to come back to flying the Concorde.
By: Paul Cushion - 7th September 2001 at 22:27
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
LAST EDITED ON 07-09-01 AT 10:28 PM (GMT)[p]I find that very hard to believe. Almost every pilot aspires to fly Concorde. You’d have to beat me off with a shitty stick if I was suitably qualfied! 🙂
Paul.
By: shauny2k1 - 6th September 2001 at 21:42
RE: BA & concorde pilot trouble
and I forgot to say that concorde dd get it’s licence back yesterday.
Shaun
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