He literally trades on being an "aviation analyst" which if that's not fraudulent I don't know what is. Mummy's money opens doors it seems.
In all seriousness, with Paul Mason at C4 going all revolutionary leather jacket, the level of "expertise" available to the media is very low, it's appalling that someone as unskilled as Macheras is their go-to guy.
Is he on pprune I wonder? anyone know?