Thursday, December 24, 2009

christmas

"Why is christmas just like a day in an office?
You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credits."

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

insurance issue

I decided to go and get the insurance done for the trip. It’s about time. I went to the same travel agent as usual and asked for the exact same insurance package I used to buy every single time for this kind of trip. And guess what? The conditions changed. Search and rescue costs which were not limited at all are now covered up to 5000 Euros only. They wouldn't even get a helicopter up in the air for that… The other thing is they don’t cover medical treatment after an accident as a result of parachute jumping or piloting an aircraft. Great! I wonder what the reason for those changes was. Crisis? Could be. I don’t believe they had too many claims from glider pilots or parachute jumpers though. Insurance companies keep trying to convince me that gliding is an extreme sport. I still think there are sports way more dangerous than soaring.
Is there any insurance company out there that covers that for a reasonable amount of money?