[2] Her husband Hemantha Siriratne is also a pilot, and the duo became the first husband-wife combination to work as captains at the Sri Lankan Airlines.
[3] She had a brief stint with the Sky Cabs as an instructor before joining the Sri Lankan Airlines as a full-time pilot.
She became a cadet pilot in 1998 and served as a second officer on the Lockheed L1001 Tristar fleet.
She was officially appointed as captain of Sri Lankan Airlines and became the first female to achieve the feat.
She also led the first all-female crew on a flight from Colombo to Trichy on 1 November 2009.