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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hashan dis" data-source="post: 19043848" data-attributes="member: 124785">Sri Lankan Airlines: London Flight Delayed As Pilot Leaves Flying License At HomeA Sri Lankan Airlines flight operating to London a few days back with  its Chairman Ajit Dias and soon to be outgoing CEO Rakhita Jayawardena  on board, was delayed by sixteen minutes as the pilot of the flight  Capt.Prasanna Karunatilleke had reported to operate this commercial  flight leaving his flying license at home.The Flight Operations clerk at the Flight Crew Center was shocked to  find out that the senior pilot, current flight and simulator instructor  and former Manager Training and Standards had turned up to operate the  flight minus the most important piece of documentation a pilot should  carry, a member of the Pilots Guild speaking on condition of anonymity  told Colombo Telegraph.“This type of irresponsible behavior of a pilot is not acceptable as  it tarnishes the image of the airline.However the Flight Operations  Administration Manual (FOAM) 2.8.5 states that the punishment for  offences such as this would be that the pilot be rostered to operate  turn a round flights, with no over night stop overs for a duration of  one month. Accordingly Capt. Karunatilleke who had submitted a written  explanation accepting his mistake was served his punishment last Monday,  upon arriving from the said flight he operated to London” said the  member of the Pilots Guild. “The national carrier has been noted to have served inconsistent  punishments to pilots in the past where a certain pilot was even down  graded to fly the narrow bodied smaller aircraft for an offence of this  nature. However now that the Flight Operations Administration Manual has  been standardized in the recent past, Capt.Karunatilleke has simply got  a slap on his wrists and strangely will still hold on to his Instructor  posting during the course of his punishment period.” said the pilot  guild member.The national carrier had opted to utilize another captain scheduled  to operate a flight to Jeddah as a back up plan, if Capt.  Karunatilleke’s flying license did not reach the aircraft within an  approved delayed time of fifteen minutes. His license subsequently  arrived eleven minutes after the scheduled time of departure and the  aircraft eventually pushed back sixteen minutes behind schedule.However there was no subsequent flight delay into London Heathrow as  favorable tail winds en route helped make an on time arrival.The national carrier working on its punctuality record had made great  progress last month with a reported percentage of 85.6% and reaching  number seven out of the the fourteen airlines in its One World alliance.  Globally the airline was rated number sixteen for punctuality last  month, a huge surge in rankings especially with its history of poor on  time performances.colombotelegraph<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sorry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sorry:" title="Sorry    :sorry:" data-shortname=":sorry:" /></blockquote>

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