Not necessarily. Captain Mike Bannister, BA's Chief Pilot of the short haul
fleet (which the Concorde is part of), went from the VC-10 to the Concorde.
Here's his resume:
1969 VC-10 pilot and navigator
1977 Concorde co-pilot (at age 28, the youngest co-pilot thus far)
1989 Assistant training manager, BAC 1-11 fleet
Flight Crew Manager, BAC 1-11/A320 fleet
757/767 pilot (no dates given for the last two positions)
1995 Chief pilot, Concord
2002 Chief pilot, Short Haul (A319/B737/B757/B767/Concorde)
Source: Airliner World, May 2003
David R.
http://home.attbi.com/~damiross
http://www.secure-skies.org/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx>
To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Big planes vs. little ones
> I believe they all had to be 747 pilots first. The Concorde is a
seniority
> thing, of course
>