David Phillips of BUA/BCAL was believed to hold an unbeatable record. He was a VC10 then 707 then DC10 Captain. After he retired in 1984 he went to fly the Shed with Connectair, which became part of Air Europe. I believe that when he was still in BCAL he had flown more than 35, 000 hours. Perhaps someone might have a contact through which this information could be checked.