There's an additional little known factor that also explains why the `commentator' features so regularly.
In a nation as small as Un Zud, a certain airline features regularly in aviation stories - because not much else happens.
That certain airline likes him very much, because they can quietly tell him exactly what to say - and then he says it.
So anytime a journo is doing a story on said airline and seeks an `independent' third party viewpoint on the issue - they go to Mr Clark and whaddya know - he agrees with the airline!
Interesting...