Ex BOAC VC10 and BA Air New Zealand DC10 driver.
If I recall correctly we used to operate the occasional service via Paris thence via Nairobi to Mauritius.
At that time Air Mauritius long haul services from London were operated by BOAC VC10s.
There was, originally, Air Mauritius banners stuck on the sides of the aircraft.
This procedure was abandonned when one partially detached during flight and subsequent services didn't have the banners.
The services were MK52/53 my logbook tells me.
We DC10 crews did use the KLM simulater as the ANZ aircraft were KSSU configured (strip engine instruments amongst other items) like KLM.
The conversion course was about 3 months in NZ and, as a 30 year old, I had an absolute ball of a time on it.
Towards the end of the contract the aircraft was only used on the LAX twice a week and we used to fly it to YMX, BOS (PHL shuttle) and MIA on the other days.
This meant long slips rather than the usual 24hr east coast rotations of other fleets.