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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 20992168" data-attributes="member: 79514">Then we come to post 2008 when GOSL took full control and managed the airline on the advice of some pilots to GR and later to his brother MR. The cash flow to manage the airline was pumped in by the Treasury. The balance sheet tells the rest and the resultant accumulated loss for the period from 2008 to 2015 is Rs 128 Billion. The amount would have gone up by another couple of billions to date (Rs 10 Billion plus to cancel the unwanted Airbus 350 deal due to economically untenable on a functional business model. Another few Airbus 330s’ ordered was released to another airline due non viability as best option to minimize potential loss. A Swiss inquiry into Airbus Consortium’s ethical practices may reveal some beneficiaries who benefitted under the table!!!!)Total earnings to GOSL: from Emirates partnership – from 1998 to 2008 – Rs 12.7 Billion. Total Loss to GOSL: Rajapaksa era management – from 2008 to 2015 – Rs 128 Billion.***NB Excludes operational loss from 2015 to date and cancellation of Airbus order.On reading the Daily FT article, it appeared that GR was advising the “Professionals of the future’ emphasizing the fact that one should not listen to the ill gotten advise given by some ‘fools’ (in this case pilots) who make the rulers ‘bloody fools’ . But, further reading into it appears he is still listening to a pilot (a guy who must be in a default setting with the current airline management). Quote “When I met this pilot recently he said that every aviator values an alternative aerodrome. He also said that even though the union had recommended to SriLankans’ board that the Mattala International Airport be used as an alternative during the period the BIA was undergoing repair it was not happening simply because the present Government wanted to prove that Mattala was an unwanted investment and a white elephant.”I would like to respectfully advise GR, these pilots have lot of dreams and they have time for such dreams. They earn a mean of USD 7000 a month whilst the wage earner in Sri Lanka earns an average around USD 100 a month. They are the highest paid government servants as they were paid by the public from 2008. The ‘loss’ their advice cost the nation amounts to Rs 128 Billion as at 2015. Now they have the audacity to give their foolish mind again. Mattala Airport is absolutely a white elephant. No one constructs airfields and go in search of activities to make it operational. The government is struggling to do even the basic maintenance and it has now been tasked with debt servicing of Rs 20 Billion of Chinese loans. World over runways are upgraded reducing operational hours for a limited period. Only ‘fools’ and ‘bloody fools’ make this an excuse to cover their sins for building a runway for peacocks!! (Hope, we won’t now hear a MS International Airport in Polonnaruwa now.)The address by GR to the ‘Professionals of the future’ will be beneficial at least in this sense. An aspirant who intends to become a ruler should have a level of minimum intelligence to differentiate wise advice from those coming from fools. Professionals must demand current rulers who made the foolish decision be made accountable: It is the common man’s money. Pilots who earn in USD do not understand the cost of these colossal blunders. One thing is certain those who gave these pseudo advices are not professionals. They will lick anyone’s back to attain momentary ecstasy of rubbing shoulders with bloody fools. They are traitors of the highest order who ruin the socio economic landscape of the nation whilst living in a lap of luxury.Fools and Bloody fools made country to lose around Rs 200 Billion due to the above two decisions. A good eye opener for the ‘Professionals of the future’ – Don’t be fooled. May ‘Viyathmaga’ group come to the forefront to challenge such bloody fools, may it be from UNP or SLFP.</blockquote>

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