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Old 28th Mar 2007, 16:19
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Disappointed at the medical coverage?

I suspect mutt knows.

What he might not know about was the problem faced with one Flight Engineer in the mid-1980's, when all American contractors were covered by quite a good Travelers group medical policy, both employees and dependants.
The F/E's daughter was rather severely injured in an automobile accident in the USA, and under the policy, should have been covered...and indeed she would have been, except that SV had allowed the policy to lapse, due to non-payment of the premium.
The fur hit the fan big time over this, when the F/E mentioned that he would start legal action in NY and if successful (which was highly likely), have an SV 747 seized at JFK.
Policy reinstated, and all costs covered...pronto.
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