Dr. Kendall's contract will not be renewed!

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06-20-2012, 03:58 AM

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fcif just out say's Doc K is retiring. Called his office today to enquire about my status and his secretary indicated FDX gave them short notice about not renewing contract,,,less than 1 month notice,,she did not mention him retiring,,hmmmm..??? Secretary says 120+ FDX crew are in my position re; regaining medical status. Hope we don't fall thru the cracks during transition. Any suggestions....

I'd start by looking over the Harvey Watt & Company website at: AeroMedical Services, certification & resources by Harvey Watt & co. Then I'd give them a call to introduce myself and explain my situation. I'm sure all your, as well as all the other guys who has been working with Dr. Kendall's group, paperwork will find its way over to HW&Co. Hopefully it'll be a seamless transition.

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06-20-2012, 12:07 PM

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The big question is why is the company not being honest. If you can call his office and find out he's not retiring that's a pretty blatant misstatement. Hopefully ALPA will hire him.

06-20-2012, 12:45 PM

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The big question is why is the company not being honest. If you can call his office and find out he's not retiring that's a pretty blatant misstatement. Hopefully ALPA will hire him.

I spoke with him this morning. He's retiring. His wife's been trying to get him to retire for five years. He loves the work, but he says it's time.

06-20-2012, 02:51 PM

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It's an interesting phenomenon what's going on these days, in that a lot of doctors, who have years and years of experience, are starting to retire. The other day I had my annual appointment with my oncologist, a guy I've been with for close to 20 years, and he told me that he was retiring in August. He said a bunch of his peers are doing the same thing. Should be interesting for both the doctors coming up as well as their patients. I guess it's too bad that the government didn't institute an Age 65 (or 70) rule for physicians.....Just kidding.....Doctors, like everyone else should be able to retire when they want...Just one person's opinion.

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06-20-2012, 03:03 PM

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Is Harvey Watt the same company providing disability insurance. There seems to be a conflict there. To me this seems to be very concerning.

06-20-2012, 03:50 PM

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They are also the guys who provided that supplemental life insurance before ALPA took over the administration of it. Interestingly enough, when it was under Harvey Watt, when you were ready to retire, you could have converted your group policy to an individual one. Now, with ALPA, you can't. Now that sucks.

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06-22-2012, 06:56 PM

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Wow, I cant imagine what might have happenened to the health care industry in the past 3.5 years that would make a bunch of doctors decide to retire. Hmmmmmmm.