1) But he does have exclusive access to his column on page 3 (or whatever it is). I bet he's a lot keener to produce something these days.
2) If JF has points to make why should they be published under the "sideways look" heading, buried away so deep within the magazine that most readers are in a deep coma before they ever reach there. Why not give him a section parallel to CDs propaganda piece? Why even try the letters page when there seems to be a slightly dubious editorial policy in place, as recent letters re BA seniority suggest.
3) If there really is such a dearth of interesting articles then why not just reduce the size of The Log and save our money, instead of padding it out with articles on old Comet adventures and BIZARRE letters from retired trolley dollies complaining about car adverts!