Originally Posted by
bean
No.BKS haf been operating 700 series since 1966. All that was required was a differences course to put them on the AOC. Look up posts by user Flightwatch who flew 748s and series 700s and 800 Viscounts for BKS. Yes BEA would have provided the necessary training. Thr same applied when Cambrian converted from 701 Viscounts to 806 Viscounts in 1971. Related in a excellent article by Ken Wakefield a very senior Cambrian Captain
It's reported elsewhere and I think in this thread that there was a period when some BKS services were operated by aircraft in BEA livery and flown by BEA crews. I lived near the airport until 69 and clearly remember 'Red Square' Viscounts operating. I don't know what the reasons were.
I'm quite happy to accept that flight crew qualified on V700 series could add the V800 with only low key training.
Maybe some other reason why this mode of operation was instigated.