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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Local Disk (c:)" data-source="post: 18159848" data-attributes="member: 351286">Flying in the Family!<img src="https://scontent-sin.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/10410170_355249628007396_3136769850349818258_n.jpg?oh=deff75fb0e56ac7fdf7cff630f7c5e9e&oe=55B14946" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Capt. Shavantha and Capt. Ranjith... Captain Ranjit Pedris and Captain Shavantha Pedris became the first father and son to become Captains at the same time for Sri Lankan aviation. Captain Ranjit is the second most senior Captain at SriLankan Airlines. He was one of the airline's pioneering flight crew, joining what was then Air Lanka, as a First Officer from Air Ceylon where he had started his career, and being confirmed as Captain in 1985. A visibly delighted Capt Ranjit Pedris said, "it is an extraordinary feeling to witness my son becoming a Captain of the airline which has been an integral part of my life for more than 30 years." Capt Shavantha Pedris joined the airline as a Cadet Pilot in 2002 and after six years carried out his first command flight on an Airbus A320 on 18th January 2010. Capt. Shavantha 30, added "I have flown five flights up to now as First Officer with my father as Captain, and each one was very special."</blockquote>

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