SriLankan Airlines - Changes?
 

Hearing some rumours of some trouble at the top at UL, with the imminent departure (perhaps) of the EK appointed CEO??? Anyone got any more info?

Yeah, it seems the President and his 'group' was denied boarding to (or was it from) London and was pi@@ed.
Employment permit cancelation for the CEO has been mentioned.

Not good policy to 'annoy' the President.:rolleyes:

Not a good idea for the President of a bankrupt war torn country desperate for visitors to treat the Airline as his private jet!!

Interesting reading. Looks like the President has few supporters on this one, even though the EK/UL deal itself is not popular in the country.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Se...spx?ARTID=1996

Ceo Removed
 

This is the actions typical of a tyrant or dictator.

This MR is a moron. He cannot see beyond his nose. You do not remove a CEO like that with insult although we all pilots remember how former CEO andrew gray was sent home for his racial comments.

With the airline having a few months to go on the contract and as usual with our pants down, sri lanka has a lot to loose as a result of this idiots actions.
Mihin air does not pay a single penny for ground handling.This is a serious expense to the tax payer.

I think we all are in for a roller coaster ride so hang on or jump ship man each man for himself afterall who is gonna pay our bills.
Our president and his goons will take us to a new low wait and see or get out and see from out the state of our nation.

I think this sort of idiocracy runs in all "MR" will you agree?

srilankanpilot

That last line is absolutely classic :D

So true :ok:

Something terribly wrong with those initials :=

The story appears in the business section of today's Gulf News. Emirates have made no secret of their displeasure in the whole thing, making clear the fact that the events "will affect their negotiations with Colombo regarding the renewal of the management contract".

Perhaps time for EK to walk away and let Al Baker take over, as was rumoured some time back, although the political changes in Colombo probably won't be too palatable for anyone at this moment in time.

I wonder if Peter Hill worked as CEO in the Middle East, would he refuse last minute requests from the royals?? People are regularly offloaded here because a VIP decided to show up

R999 - The difference I think is that SL is supposed to be a parliamentary democracy and that the airline is a publicly listed corporation.

Bit different to the Gulf Sheikdoms - and anyway the Sheiks usually have their own airplanes anyway. To add to that it was not just the Pres but 35 of his sycophants and bag carriers too.

Just heard that EK will start recruiting pilots from SL once the management agreement has been ended. That will effectively shut the airline down!

Peter Hill
 

Well to be very honest this Peter Hill really deserves it.

Now this is a STORM IN A TEA CUP.

Chaps have you forgotten how he has treared our people..

Treated the Pilots Guild like trash.

Well hope he will be thrown out as far as possible from UL and Sri Lanka.

3 HARDY CHEERS TO THE PRESIDENT.
:D:ok:

The truth hurts
 

hey LOVE UL,
you are more of a jackass.
firstly please do not be racially inclined.
secondly EK is here because of the lacking by sri lankans to run the airline by ourselfs.Guys like that prat MR a common abbreviation to all twits in future.
thirdly EK will grind UL to a full stop wait and see they will make this prez eat his own S...
lastly it will be hardy cheers mate, mutt it is hearty cheers..........prat

SRI LANKA is a FAILED STATE or in simple terms a "BANANA REPUBLIC"

Any Changes For Cadet Intakes In Future?????????
 

Hello guys any idea of the ongoing disputes will effect the future ul cadet intakes?

Will there be any intakes coming in shortly with 28 pilots set to leave or no more cadet intakes for next year.

LOVE UL:

Why do you feel the need for such a racist slur!?

I think your post is bang out of order and I sincerely hope you are banned from posting on PPRuNe for such a rant.

Shame on you Love UL...

So Emirates is not going to renew the deal with Sri Lankan and wants to sell their share. What next?????

By EK! UL'l be sorry .....
 

Just back from CMB ... talk on the street is that there will be a divorce in April of Emirates and Sri Lankan Airways .... the Government will take over the management however EK will maintain the 43% satake in UL and have a seat on the board.....

Details to come however it would seem the Sri Lanakan Government are determined to tak back back control where they can even if thay cannot buy out the EK stake yet .........some judicious funding maybe out there .....

Watch the news pages for information .......

So results are so far ....... T.C. Lark & G. Hardman 0
Sri Lankan Government 1/2 point

No winners in this .... especially us pax !

Emirates Quits
 

This article was published today on Lanka Business Online

http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?news...SEARCH_TERM=10

Dont know what the hell is going to happen. :confused:

Sholva.

So it finally happened :O

http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Se...spx?ARTID=3153.

Anyone who did not subscribe to that strange theory that EK would collapse without the UL deal would have realised the writing was on the wall a year ago. :{

around 25 local pilots have already left which is around 20% of the local pilot workforce..im tipping many more to leave now that the recruitment ban has been lifted by emirates. sad times, hope common sense prevails.

newagebird

I see Sri Lankan are advertising for Capt's and F/O's with a European basing (London, Frankfurt, Paris ) on A330/340.

Does anybody know why they are doing this and will it be a good thing???