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This would’ve been better timed during open enrollment, but:
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR INSURANCE COVERS YOUR WORST CASE SCENARIO.
Because mine just saved me.
Rewind to November. After a four year grind to make it to 1500 hours, I had just finished ground and was working through IOE when I noticed a dark spot in my vision. It was a detached retina. It’s both medically disqualifying and an emergency that quickly leads to complete blindness if not treated immediately.
Thankfully, my doctors caught it in time and I went in for surgery the next day. Thanks to their skill and the help of AMAS, I just received an unqualified approval to return to flight. Many in my position have to wait a year or more, if they ever fly again. I was lucky.
As rough as those four months were - I sort of dropped off the face of the earth, dealing with the stress - it could’ve been so much worse. The medical expenses could’ve put my kids through college. I was no longer getting paid. And the bills kept coming.
But, a few months before, I had maxed out my coverage and disability insurance. At the time, I could’ve really used that extra premium money for student loans. But had I not done so, I would’ve lost my house, car, pulled my kids from all their activities… it would’ve ruined me and my family. Thanks to insurance, nearly everything was covered.
So please take a moment to make sure you’re covered for the worst. Insure for the disaster scenarios, the ones that happen to other people… because one day you might be that other person. I was in great shape, a former college athlete, relatively young. I mean, I swam away from a plane crash! I felt invincible. These kinds of things don’t happen to people like me. Until they do.
A few clicks on a website in ground school meant the difference between getting my life back and losing everything I had worked for.
Insure for the worst, guys.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR INSURANCE COVERS YOUR WORST CASE SCENARIO.
Because mine just saved me.
Rewind to November. After a four year grind to make it to 1500 hours, I had just finished ground and was working through IOE when I noticed a dark spot in my vision. It was a detached retina. It’s both medically disqualifying and an emergency that quickly leads to complete blindness if not treated immediately.
Thankfully, my doctors caught it in time and I went in for surgery the next day. Thanks to their skill and the help of AMAS, I just received an unqualified approval to return to flight. Many in my position have to wait a year or more, if they ever fly again. I was lucky.
As rough as those four months were - I sort of dropped off the face of the earth, dealing with the stress - it could’ve been so much worse. The medical expenses could’ve put my kids through college. I was no longer getting paid. And the bills kept coming.
But, a few months before, I had maxed out my coverage and disability insurance. At the time, I could’ve really used that extra premium money for student loans. But had I not done so, I would’ve lost my house, car, pulled my kids from all their activities… it would’ve ruined me and my family. Thanks to insurance, nearly everything was covered.
So please take a moment to make sure you’re covered for the worst. Insure for the disaster scenarios, the ones that happen to other people… because one day you might be that other person. I was in great shape, a former college athlete, relatively young. I mean, I swam away from a plane crash! I felt invincible. These kinds of things don’t happen to people like me. Until they do.
A few clicks on a website in ground school meant the difference between getting my life back and losing everything I had worked for.
Insure for the worst, guys.
