Originally Posted by WHBM

12. What was the world’s first airline to operate a passenger jet with a flight deck designed for just two crew? What kind of jet was it?

BEA, who used the Jet Vickers Viscount on some London to Paris flights in the early 1950s.

They had done the same with the Vickers Viking earlier, but that, despite being a smaller aircraft, actually had a 4-crew flight deck.

Not quite the answer I was looking for but then the error is mine with regard to the wording. And of course I'm sure you're correct, WHBM! ^


Given how many airlines of the day referred to their prop jets as "jets", what I should have asked was...

What was the world’s first airline to operate a non-propeller equipped passenger jet with a flight deck designed for just two crew? What kind of jet was it?

So, let's call this bonus question 12B