{"id":141899,"date":"2015-03-29T00:25:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T18:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=141899"},"modified":"2015-04-06T01:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T19:42:54","slug":"mihin-lanka-singapore-shoplifter-capt-jayakody-investigates-documents-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mihin-lanka-singapore-shoplifter-capt-jayakody-investigates-documents-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihin Lanka: \u2018Singapore Shoplifter\u2019 Capt. Jayakody Investigates \u2018Documents Leak\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Capt. Druvi Perera<\/span><\/a> the questionable holder of the Chief Operations Officer (COO) title of Sri Lankan Airlines and who also oversees the flight operational functions of the country\u2019s low cost budget carrier Mihin Lanka<\/span><\/a>, has ordered the Director Flight Operations (DFO) Capt. Pujitha Jayakody<\/span><\/a> to initiate a probe and \u2018catch the culprit\u2019 who leaked vital letters<\/span><\/a> to \u2018Colombo Telegraph\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/a>

Captain Pujitha Jayakody (with beer in hand) loves hanging out with \u2018Yahapalanaya\u2019 big boys now. This is one of his proud Facebook postings where he was at seen at the Royal \/ Thomian \u2018Big Match\u2019 hob knobbing Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva.<\/p><\/div>\n

The COO Capt. Perera appears to be following the idiom \u2018set a thief to catch a thief\u2019 almost literally to the word, as the former Sri Lankan Airline\u2019s Manager Flight Operations Captain Pujitha Jayakody (DFO) of the budget carrier now, was made infamous for his apprehension by the Singaporean Police on the 2nd of May 1990, when he was embarrassingly caught \u2018shop lifting\u2019 in the \u2018Lion City\u201d.<\/p>\n

In all his travels since then, a visit to that lovely city is been avoided due to a pending court case and his possible arrest on arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs not this then the reason why Capt. Jayakody was always sent to other countries and cities such as Frankfurt, whilst his colleagues were sent to Singapore for their bi-annual \u2018Simulator Checks\u2019 incurring a considerable amount of money to the company over the last 26 years?\u201d asked one of his colleagues.<\/p>\n

This makes one now realize that these were the unnecessary and insurmountable costs accumulating over the years that eventually caused the airline to be milked dry over a period of time.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The copy of the telex sent by Air Lanka\u2019s ground staff in Singapore informing of captain Pujitha Jayakody\u2019s apprehension by local Police for shop lifting.<\/p><\/div>\n

His arrest by the police on that day caused great embarrassment to his colleagues, the airline which then had an image to protect, the country and further it inconvenienced many passengers. There was no captain to pilot the aircraft back home from Singapore leaving all \u2018Colombo Bound\u2019 passengers and crew stranded at the Changi International Airport. The entire flight schedule of the airline was affected thereafter due to the knock on affect due to this delay. The entire saga costs the airline and more over the eventual \u2018tax payer\u2019 an enormous amount of money.<\/p>\n

For Capt. Jayakody\u2019s amazing fortune and absolute good luck, a flower exporter with the identical family name \u2018Jayakody\u2019, happened to be married to the country\u2019s former President Ranasinghe Premadasa\u2019s daughter Dulanjali. Rumour has it that it was this other \u2018Jayakody\u2019 who intervened on the \u2018shop lifter\u2019s behalf and helped to save his job.<\/p>\n

Thereafter what left many aviation enthusiasts bemused was as to how Capt. Jayakody managed to \u2018fly under the radar\u2019 for many decades, hoodwinking many a President of the caliber of D.B.Wijetunga, Chandrika Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa. This was in spite of a colossal amount of other commonly known unethical practices he had continued to commit over this period.<\/p>\n

Here is a copy of the telex sent by the Air Lanka Ground Staff in Singapore to its Head Office in Colombo on the 2nd<\/sup> of May 1990, nearly 25 years ago, seeking advice due to the unwarranted situation Capt. Jayakody had made everyone face due to his arrest that day.<\/p>\n

The direct translation of that relevant telex is as follows:<\/p>\n

Ops\/Top Urgent<\/p>\n

\u201cAttention Duty Officer UL 303 having a slight difficulty due no captain available at the moment having been informed by hotel manager that captain was apprehended by local police for shop lifting. Captain is now under custody of local police. Please advise further action to be taken as soon as possible. Will advise you of outcome Captain Jayakody as soon as we receive news from local police station where captain is refereed to at the moment. Ops Regards MMM\u201d.<\/p>\n

Colombo Telegraph is in possession of many other documents pertaining to Capt. Jayakody\u2019s sketchy character.\u00a0Colombo Telegraph has been unable to reach\u00a0Druvi Perera and\u00a0Pujitha Jayakody for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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