They were always top notch, whether in Jeddah, in the Kingdom, or anywhere outside.
You have quite a selective memory recall, Sam.
Forgotten, I expect, is the cancellation of the expat Travelers medical policy (premium not paid and no one informed) in the mid-eighties, and the misery this caused to some, who depended on this policy for serious medical/accident claims.
The
only thing that could be counted on at SV was...on time payment of salary.
Anything else was a crap shoot.