Two things;
1. Harvey Watt are simply a service provider, used by many other airlines as a "subject matter expert". They just make recommendations & have no financial interest in whether a claim is denied or approved. API are allowed to choose whomever they desire for medical guidance.
2. More important question is; when were/are API Director(s) going to reveal to Members that no current EK pilots (for whom LIPS/API were set up exclusively to serve) are directing/running this plan, on behalf of EK pilots? Surely, Members have a right to know.
Why does this matter? Because many EK pilot members are under the impression they are being looked-after by fellow EK pilots they fly with. That's no longer the case. The Directors as shown on the API site are either; no longer currently EK employed, have moved on, or are about to. API has not made this clear to Members. Why?