Who is Suren?
Suren Ratwatte, FRAeS, is an accomplished pilot, airline executive and aviation researcher.
He became one of the world’s first Airbus A380 Captains, was previously SriLankan Airlines’ CEO and has also been featured in several books and academic publications.
Category: Airliners
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Airline Apocalypse?
Last man standing The world has belatedly woken up to the consequences of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic now upon us. No precedents The first of my columns that raised awareness of this issue was written in early February. At that time I anticipated that the impact would be much worse than the SARS epidemic, with…
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A380 in line service – written and published in 2010
A38O in Service-One Year and Counting by A Double-Decker Bus Driver (In Airways, December 2008 & January 2009, the author described the Airbus A380 training program: in the classroom, simulator, and ‘hands-on’ flying. Now, with the first year of line flights in his log book, this captain discusses the techniques, requisites, and his experiences and…
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MH370 – the search must continue
MH370 – six years on it is still a mystery Media frenzy over the disappearance of the Boeing 777 is reaching a peak again, as it does annually. SKY News Australia has just released a two-part documentary seeking to explain their viewpoint to the public. Using a number of ‘experts’ including Tony Abbott (who was…
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MH370
Malaysian flight MH370 – the mystery continues This column was published in the Daily FT on September 2, 2019. With the sixth anniversary rapidly approaching, a follow up piece will be published soon. The disappearance of MH370, a Boeing 777 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th 2014, continues to baffle investigators five…
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Flying the A380 Part 1- published in 2008
Flying the A380 By A Double-Decker Bus Driver Originally published on : 28 December 2008 The first day of a pilots’ type conversion course is always special. Learning to fly a new ‘bird’ is a treat that all pilots look forward to, but not without a touch of nostalgia. We tend to become attached to…
