Originally Posted by
parabellum
that they are fully aware of the extent or otherwise of the cover ..., then an employee should be able to obtain, from their company's insurance department, full details of all benefits ... and specifically any clauses that relate to operating in areas of known hostility.
I'm guessing that you either don't work for EK or are in Management. For if you worked here you would know that everything about EK is completely opaque and hidden from the view of the employees. For example there is something called the "Pay and Allowance Manual" which is NOT published and is only available by personal visit to the Fleet office, there's also no published list of rules regarding rostering and swapping, and even if you asked you are told ro "discover the rules by trial and error through the bidding process".
The company loves opacity so that the conditions and terms can be "enhanced" frequently. Given this culture there is no way that you would ever be able to get a straight and comprehensive answer to the above and even if you did you would find that it would be riddled with loopholes and weasel-words such as "this can be unilaterally amended under "extreme circumstances" just like all of the other manuals that we abide by.