Oct 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Back in May, Continental Airlines sued nine pilots for getting sham divorces. The marital splits were part of a play for pension benefits, with the "ex" collecting while the pilot keeps earning. It's good cash if you can find it, but Continental wasn't thrilled at having to bear that extra cost. On Monday, a federal judge told the airline to live with it, ruling in favor of the pilots. Regardless ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Continental sham divorces pass court test
Oct 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Back in May, Continental Airlines sued nine pilots for getting sham divorces. The marital splits were part of a play for pension benefits, with the "ex" collecting while the pilot keeps earning. It's good cash if you can find it, but Continental wasn't thrilled at having to bear that extra cost. On Monday, a federal judge told the airline to live with it, ruling in favor of the pilots. Regardless ...Indian company offers "divorce tourism" package to quarreling couples
Sep 5th, 2009 at 12:00PM: For many happy couples, a trip is taken to commemorate joyful events, like a marriage or the impending birth of a child. Then there are other couples - the ones who certainly aren't happy but who aren't quite ready to rush off to Vegas for their divorce party. For them, there's "divorce tourism".
The Daily Mail reports that a company in India, called KV Tours and Travel, is offering packages to ...Continental pilot pension scam, nine disappointed pilots
May 24th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Continental Airlines is looking to cash in on pilots who cashed in on a divorce scam. The pilots used sham divorces to divert more than $10 million to their ex-spouses. Post-divorce, the exes cashed in on retirement benefits, and the fliers could stay in the sky – and keep earning.
It's really pretty simple. A couple divorces. The pilot assigns all pension benefits to the ex-spouse. Then, ...Austria offers therapeutic package holidays for the newly divorced
Oct 27th, 2007 at 5:30PM: If you are on the brink of divorce, you might want to pass by the world's first Divorce Fair that's happening in Vienna today and tomorrow. The Fair will later carry on in Austrian cities Linz and Graz. 50% of all marriages in Austria end up in divorce, 65% in Vienna. This Fair is aimed at providing consultation to separated partners on how to overcome the situation with the least possible ...7 gravest threats facing America, according to GQ (It's not Capri pants)
Oct 22nd, 2007 at 12:30PM: I admit it. I actually got the 50 Anniversary Issue of GQ with the big "50 Most Stylish Men of the past 50 years" title on the cover. The cover page comes in 10 mutations, ranging from Michael Jordan to JFK. I got Johnny Depp because he lives in France...and that's how this is all related to travel, in case you were wondering. (I also got it because Johnny Depp is, you know, Johnny Depp.)
Here is ...Travel Insurance Might Cover Your Divorce
Sep 29th, 2007 at 9:40AM: It's important to read the fine print on your travel insurance policy, obviously. That being said, there weren't too many surprises on George Hobica's list of travel insurance's exclusions and exceptions. Acts of war aren't covered, but they generally aren't in regular policies. (After 9/11 Bush declared the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon acts of war, and people were in an uproar ...Cultures: Divorce While Sleeping
Apr 3rd, 2006 at 5:34PM: I
didn't know things like this could happen, but what's more interesting is the what was supposed to happen afterwards
and what actually happened. Pology, an amazing blog covering
cultures from all over brings our attention to an unusual case of
divorce in eastern India. Under Islamic law a husband only has to say "talaq," the Urdu word for
divorce three times to secure a permanent end ...
