Joesoap,
A company flying into there will be getting paid handsomely for the job. If they have chosen to do nothing about the possibility of your getting downed there, then at least they should let some of that moola filter down to you guys.
Personally though, I would not bother showing up to work for a bunch whose policy is
not to persue the issue or get another job.
and I would take their advice re the job.
I don't know if you have been shot at, it's nothing like the movies. Adrenaline is brown. There are better ways of trying to make a buck, they just take longer, but at least you will most likely be around to spend it.