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Re: the comment about Mihin air ..I firmly insist you withdraw your comments. . 
(because .. News has it that the next toy will not be planks, but rotary wings .. so there you have it ... )
(because .. News has it that the next toy will not be planks, but rotary wings .. so there you have it ... )
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Violation Of Local Pilots
a violation of the ANR is clearly noted in the annual report of 2008-09 page 37.
"Poaching of Staff by Other Airlines
SriLankan’s staff continued to be in high demand by
other Airlines, especially those in the Middle East, India
and Southeast Asia. The Airline’s training programmes continued to train young men and women to fill these vacancies.
�vacancies.vacancies
However, the downturn in the global air transport industry
resulted in levels of poaching stabilising considerably. It
is a measure of SriLankan’s reputation as an employer
of choice that a number of former employees sought to
return. However, the Airline took a decision late in the
year under review to halt all such recruitments" end.
"Poaching of Staff by Other Airlines
SriLankan’s staff continued to be in high demand by
other Airlines, especially those in the Middle East, India
and Southeast Asia. The Airline’s training programmes continued to train young men and women to fill these vacancies.
�vacancies.vacancies
However, the downturn in the global air transport industry
resulted in levels of poaching stabilising considerably. It
is a measure of SriLankan’s reputation as an employer
of choice that a number of former employees sought to
return. However, the Airline took a decision late in the
year under review to halt all such recruitments" end.
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Wonder what they call it when UL poaches pilots from other airlines! 
With the grand response to their advertisement for pilots (at a much reduced package) it would soon be that UL may have to follow suit after elections.
It may then dawn on all of them that UL had chosen to shoot itself in the foot with its so called freeze?
With the grand response to their advertisement for pilots (at a much reduced package) it would soon be that UL may have to follow suit after elections.
It may then dawn on all of them that UL had chosen to shoot itself in the foot with its so called freeze?
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Silence At Sri Lankan
No Google Or Gmail For 'Srilankan'
Saturday, 27 February 2010 21:37
Lanka News Web states employees of 'Srilankan' Airlines have been barred from accessing their personal e-mails and the Google search engine on their office computers.
According to Lanka News Web security cameras have been installed at all entrances and access routes to Katnayake office of 'Srilankan' Airlines. These measures have been taken, according to Lanka News Web, as more than 50% of the employees of the Airlines were acting against the government.
Lanka News Web also states that 'Srilankan' staff had been paid their salaries during the last few months after taking an overdraft from People's Bank. However, there had been US$ 132 million in the airline when 'Srilankan' Airlines was handed over to the government by the Emirates management point out Lanka News Web.
Saturday, 27 February 2010 21:37
Lanka News Web states employees of 'Srilankan' Airlines have been barred from accessing their personal e-mails and the Google search engine on their office computers.
According to Lanka News Web security cameras have been installed at all entrances and access routes to Katnayake office of 'Srilankan' Airlines. These measures have been taken, according to Lanka News Web, as more than 50% of the employees of the Airlines were acting against the government.
Lanka News Web also states that 'Srilankan' staff had been paid their salaries during the last few months after taking an overdraft from People's Bank. However, there had been US$ 132 million in the airline when 'Srilankan' Airlines was handed over to the government by the Emirates management point out Lanka News Web.
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Opps
So does that mean hands are tied at UL as well,,, sad to see...
No wonder some senior drivers protested of a cetain issue, and the CEo was told off recently for the attitude of some pilots...
No wonder some senior drivers protested of a cetain issue, and the CEo was told off recently for the attitude of some pilots...
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A320 F/O s
Silankan Airlines recently posted an advert in the Flight International magazine for type rated A320 First Officers. The requirement - 500 hrs on type and valid license accepted by CAA Sri Lanka.
I feel sorry for the 90 odd ATPL/CPL holders, who are Srilankan citizens, and cannot gain employment with the national carrier. The advert is clearly to attract expatriate pilots into the airline.
Why this indifference to our own??? I simply cannot understand!!!
I feel sorry for the 90 odd ATPL/CPL holders, who are Srilankan citizens, and cannot gain employment with the national carrier. The advert is clearly to attract expatriate pilots into the airline.
Why this indifference to our own??? I simply cannot understand!!!
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All Female Flying Crew Makes History At Srilankan
SriLankan Airlines’ lady pilots have quietly revolutionised aviation in Sri Lanka, with several international flights being carried out by all-female crews.
Captain Anusha Siriratne and Junior First Officer Madini Chandradasa were the first all-female crew, operating a flight from Colombo to Trichy and back on November 1, 2009. Each leg on an Airbus A320 aircraft took one hour.
They repeated the feat on New Year’s Day 2010 by flying to Karachi and returning, also in a twin-engined A320, with each flight taking three hours and 40 minutes.
The airline currently has four women among its 189 pilots, the others being Senior First Officers Chamika Rupasinghe and Roshani Jinasena.
SriLankan’s Head of Flight Operations, Captain Druvi Perera, said: “These flights by Capt. Siriratne and Junior First Officer Chandradasa are a milestone at SriLankan Airlines. SriLankan does not discriminate between men and women in its recruitment for any post, including pilots, and it was simply a matter of time before our lady pilots made history with an all-female flight.”
“Of course, the all-female crew flights are no different to those operated by male pilots. At SriLankan, where safety is of paramount importance, what matters is not a pilot’s gender, but his or her experience, training, and expertise,” added Capt. Perera.
Capt. Anusha Siriratne, 34, is at present the first and only lady Captain at SriLankan, and has been flying since 1998. She has flown aircraft such as the Lockheed L1011 Tristar, Airbus A320, A330, and A340. But she is adamant that there is nothing special about an all-female flight crew.
“Women took to the air only a few years after the Wright Brothers invented the air plane, and some have been pioneers in aviation, although there have been fewer women flyers than male ones. Many airlines around the world have women pilots, and there is absolutely no difference between the flying of male and female pilots,” said Capt. Siriratne.
She has been making history since becoming a Junior First Officer a dozen years ago, becoming the country’s pioneering First Officer in 1999, and then being promoted to Captain in 2008. She and her husband, Capt. Hemantha Siriratne, are also the first husband-wife duo to be Captains at SriLankan. A past student of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya and of Ladies College, she is also a perfect example of a working mother, with a six-year-old daughter.
Junior First Officer Madini Chandradasa said: “Flying for our National Carrier has certainly been a rewarding experience. The senior pilots at SriLankan possess a wealth of experience which youngsters can learn from. But I must say that there was no difference in flying with a male Captain, and flying with Capt. Siriratne, who is greatly respected in the airline and has served as a role model for other women pilots.”
Madini, 22, is a past student of Visakha Vidyalaya who joined SriLankan two years ago.
All four lady pilots trained in SriLankan’s Cadet Pilot Training Programme, which has launched the careers of hundreds of pilots over the last three decades who have gone on to distinguish themselves both at the National Carrier and in other airlines throughout Asia and the Middle East. Entry into its Cadet Pilot Training Programme is especially competitive, and most cadets today possess university degrees, as well as experience in flying light aircraft and small commercial aircraft.
SriLankan Airlines’ lady pilots have quietly revolutionised aviation in Sri Lanka, with several international flights being carried out by all-female crews.
Captain Anusha Siriratne and Junior First Officer Madini Chandradasa were the first all-female crew, operating a flight from Colombo to Trichy and back on November 1, 2009. Each leg on an Airbus A320 aircraft took one hour.
They repeated the feat on New Year’s Day 2010 by flying to Karachi and returning, also in a twin-engined A320, with each flight taking three hours and 40 minutes.
The airline currently has four women among its 189 pilots, the others being Senior First Officers Chamika Rupasinghe and Roshani Jinasena.
SriLankan’s Head of Flight Operations, Captain Druvi Perera, said: “These flights by Capt. Siriratne and Junior First Officer Chandradasa are a milestone at SriLankan Airlines. SriLankan does not discriminate between men and women in its recruitment for any post, including pilots, and it was simply a matter of time before our lady pilots made history with an all-female flight.”
“Of course, the all-female crew flights are no different to those operated by male pilots. At SriLankan, where safety is of paramount importance, what matters is not a pilot’s gender, but his or her experience, training, and expertise,” added Capt. Perera.
Capt. Anusha Siriratne, 34, is at present the first and only lady Captain at SriLankan, and has been flying since 1998. She has flown aircraft such as the Lockheed L1011 Tristar, Airbus A320, A330, and A340. But she is adamant that there is nothing special about an all-female flight crew.
“Women took to the air only a few years after the Wright Brothers invented the air plane, and some have been pioneers in aviation, although there have been fewer women flyers than male ones. Many airlines around the world have women pilots, and there is absolutely no difference between the flying of male and female pilots,” said Capt. Siriratne.
She has been making history since becoming a Junior First Officer a dozen years ago, becoming the country’s pioneering First Officer in 1999, and then being promoted to Captain in 2008. She and her husband, Capt. Hemantha Siriratne, are also the first husband-wife duo to be Captains at SriLankan. A past student of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya and of Ladies College, she is also a perfect example of a working mother, with a six-year-old daughter.
Junior First Officer Madini Chandradasa said: “Flying for our National Carrier has certainly been a rewarding experience. The senior pilots at SriLankan possess a wealth of experience which youngsters can learn from. But I must say that there was no difference in flying with a male Captain, and flying with Capt. Siriratne, who is greatly respected in the airline and has served as a role model for other women pilots.”
Madini, 22, is a past student of Visakha Vidyalaya who joined SriLankan two years ago.
All four lady pilots trained in SriLankan’s Cadet Pilot Training Programme, which has launched the careers of hundreds of pilots over the last three decades who have gone on to distinguish themselves both at the National Carrier and in other airlines throughout Asia and the Middle East. Entry into its Cadet Pilot Training Programme is especially competitive, and most cadets today possess university degrees, as well as experience in flying light aircraft and small commercial aircraft.
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Airbus Operator
Mihin Lanka is now an Airbus A320 Operator. The Boeing 737 wet lease contract ceased some years ago.
From the news, the current A320 being utilised by Mihin Lanka (on a dry lease) is an ex Kingfisher aircraft. At present, Srilankan Airlines Tech Crew are being utilised to operate the aircraft. For this, Mihin Lanka is paying Srilankan a fancy fee!!
Makes sense to hire and train their own pilots. I am sure there is a considerable cost saving for Mihin Lanka.
From the news, the current A320 being utilised by Mihin Lanka (on a dry lease) is an ex Kingfisher aircraft. At present, Srilankan Airlines Tech Crew are being utilised to operate the aircraft. For this, Mihin Lanka is paying Srilankan a fancy fee!!
Makes sense to hire and train their own pilots. I am sure there is a considerable cost saving for Mihin Lanka.
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I should get out more often I guess ..
I thought that IT was leasing the planes to UL, not to Mihin ..
Anyway, life in sunny isles are good ... let's see what the wheel of fortune brings in ..
I thought that IT was leasing the planes to UL, not to Mihin ..
Anyway, life in sunny isles are good ... let's see what the wheel of fortune brings in ..
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opinion From a non-pilot -
Get a Degree first
And then decide whether you want cadet programs, whereby the airlines train you and bond you in exchange
or go for self sponsored PPL/CPL and work your way up
As to if you need influence to get into UL, if you can ask that question, you should know the answer ..
PS: And stop typing in SMS-SPEAK - that is the first step to disaster ..
Get a Degree first
And then decide whether you want cadet programs, whereby the airlines train you and bond you in exchange
or go for self sponsored PPL/CPL and work your way up
As to if you need influence to get into UL, if you can ask that question, you should know the answer ..
PS: And stop typing in SMS-SPEAK - that is the first step to disaster ..
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I understand, SriLankan has an interest in purchasing or leasing one of the BMI's A332.
Couple of days ago BMI's G-WWBM (A332) has been returned at Manchester (MAN) from the storage in Dresden. It will be re-sprayed in full white colour scheme and due to be sent to ILFC. I think it is for SriLankan.
Does anyone know if UL has secured this order? when this aircraft will be delivered in CMB?
Couple of days ago BMI's G-WWBM (A332) has been returned at Manchester (MAN) from the storage in Dresden. It will be re-sprayed in full white colour scheme and due to be sent to ILFC. I think it is for SriLankan.
Does anyone know if UL has secured this order? when this aircraft will be delivered in CMB?
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A330
Surely more and more aircrafts comming in to the Airline cos UL is making huge huge profits now,, massive profits,,, and they have obtained fuel for the next 6 months for a very Low ammount......
They are also going to have plans to recruite more people as well.....
They are also going to have plans to recruite more people as well.....
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Sri Lankan Airlines Arrogance
SriLankan rub it in against its ex-pilots NATION NEWSPAPER 02/05/2010
In an unforgivable act of cruelty, the national carrier SriLankan advertised in the last week’s Sunday Observer for pilots in a quarter page prominent colour ad after it repeatedly rejected for more than a year the applications of half a dozen of its ex-pilots to rejoin it.
Pilots said it was a way of the SriLankan management rubbing salt into their raw wounds of being rejected. After kicking their heels in Colombo in vain for about one year with hopes of re-joining SriLankan, which many of them had served loyally for more than a dozen years the six pilots recently signed up with the government owned budget carrier Mihin Lanka.
The said four other pilots serving India’s Kingfisher and Jet airlines, whose contracts too are coming to an end soon too have already booked their places with Mihin.
“Pilots being a very small community, everyone knows that there are no more Lankan pilots waiting to join an airline here. It was suffice to advertise abroad for pilots, the only reason they placed the ad in a local paper was to drive home the message to us,” a senior pilot said.
Even SriLankan’s own Pilots’ Guild sources said the reason to shut out returning ex-national carrier pilots was more a crime than just an injustice to those pilots as the SriLankan was deprived of the services of fully qualified and much experienced pilots who have all flown wide bodied long haul aircraft.
Ironically, the returning pilots will now be flying twin-engine small airbus A-320 for Mihin, whereas earlier they were flying much bigger A-340s and A-330s.
“What we normally get when recruiting foreigners are pilots who could hardly speak proper English and some with questionable credentials,” a senior Pilots’ Guild office bearer charged.
It was not very long ago that the national carrier had recruited a German pilot as a full captain of a wide bodied aircraft after he had submitted some questionable qualifications and experience. When the man was discovered by his suspicious co-pilots he left the airline. In another incident a Kazakh pilot serving SriLankan was found dead in a Negombo hotel due to an overdose of alcohol last year. Later, an Indian pilot was found to have committed suicide in another hotel in Negombo.
In an unforgivable act of cruelty, the national carrier SriLankan advertised in the last week’s Sunday Observer for pilots in a quarter page prominent colour ad after it repeatedly rejected for more than a year the applications of half a dozen of its ex-pilots to rejoin it.
Pilots said it was a way of the SriLankan management rubbing salt into their raw wounds of being rejected. After kicking their heels in Colombo in vain for about one year with hopes of re-joining SriLankan, which many of them had served loyally for more than a dozen years the six pilots recently signed up with the government owned budget carrier Mihin Lanka.
The said four other pilots serving India’s Kingfisher and Jet airlines, whose contracts too are coming to an end soon too have already booked their places with Mihin.
“Pilots being a very small community, everyone knows that there are no more Lankan pilots waiting to join an airline here. It was suffice to advertise abroad for pilots, the only reason they placed the ad in a local paper was to drive home the message to us,” a senior pilot said.
Even SriLankan’s own Pilots’ Guild sources said the reason to shut out returning ex-national carrier pilots was more a crime than just an injustice to those pilots as the SriLankan was deprived of the services of fully qualified and much experienced pilots who have all flown wide bodied long haul aircraft.
Ironically, the returning pilots will now be flying twin-engine small airbus A-320 for Mihin, whereas earlier they were flying much bigger A-340s and A-330s.
“What we normally get when recruiting foreigners are pilots who could hardly speak proper English and some with questionable credentials,” a senior Pilots’ Guild office bearer charged.
It was not very long ago that the national carrier had recruited a German pilot as a full captain of a wide bodied aircraft after he had submitted some questionable qualifications and experience. When the man was discovered by his suspicious co-pilots he left the airline. In another incident a Kazakh pilot serving SriLankan was found dead in a Negombo hotel due to an overdose of alcohol last year. Later, an Indian pilot was found to have committed suicide in another hotel in Negombo.