Didn't reply promptly to the postings above as I'm currently doing a boat building course - busy learning about lofting and spiling . As an Ex mariner (4 years at training ship {HMS Worcester} and a further 15½ years at sea (Masters Foreign Going Certificate of Competency) I have an interest in boats.
Well if I don't blow my own trumpet no - one else will.
The whole purpose of ALPL and it's predecessor Aircrew Insurance Group was pilots could obtain legal expenses insurance without belonging to any association and thus to an extent insulating themselves from the politics which bedevil this industry.
Hi Nil Further how's the weather in Haywards Heath, thanks for addressing me as "Mister".
I sailed once with a Master called "China" Joe Stevens in Union Steamship Co of NZ. Joe was a gentleman of the old school who insisted (correctly) that there were no officers or captains in the Mercantile Marine (only mates and masters) he addressed everyone as mister and we all called him sir. He didn't refer to himself as Captain Stevens - he was either Joe (if you knew him well enough) or Mister Stevens. As he said "Mister" is an honourable term of address.
Why did I post the stuff re EZ on this forum? Well simply because it was the easy ( sorry no pun intended) way of letting EZ pilots know that the information on their intranet may be inaccurate and to save our underwriters the expense of unnecessary calls to their help line - which is almost free of you're a pukka ALPL client.
We advised EZ prior to renewal of their cover that we would not be quoting for their business .