Shy;

Fresh complaint sent to the BBC about JF. To hear that care in the community failure talking as an "expert" about one of my oldest friends, a man who's knowledge of aviation was huge, who's generosity, hospitality and fun were legendary just disgusts me.

Ferguson's knowledge of aviation could be written on the head of a drawing pin, lets face it he is basically spotter with a persuasive manner, as well as being a total c***

SND

Good one.

How on earth can he be described as an "expert"?

I suspect they use him because they've used him before, they have no-one else they can think of, and need to fill some more air time because someone at the top has decided this is the story of the day and they need to keep it going and going.

Complaint about JF submitted to the BBC.
Need to get true facts about helicopter usage to the BBC as well. This awful female MP is having an open forum to to spout her "personal" opinions about helicopter usage. She keeps banging on about the "increase" in helicopter usage and also about the "hovering" helicopters. Maybe she needs to tell the difference between the police helicopters and the civvy ones.
I want to put my foot through my TV screen listening to her.

On a GATCO visit to Battersea once, I met a 'Jim Ferguson' who was a controller at Heathrow doing SVFR amongst other duties; is the one mentioned above the same one or different?

Chevron;

Sadly no. This Jim Ferguson used to run a paint shop in Aberdeen's Rosemount area. He was a Fleet Air Arm clerk during national service and a reggie spotter in his spare time. He got to know some Bristows pilots during the early OS days and sold their accounts of incidents/accidents to the Aberdeen Depressing Journal and the BBC, from there he was suddenly an "expert." Bristows, BA/BIH and Bond all eventually banned him from their premises, but it was too late. Now he makes it up a he goes along.

He spewed some serious lies about me after an incident and I offered him a visit outside or the opportunity to sue me for publicly calling him a liar. He wouldn't try either, I suspect that the outside option meant him getting very hurt, and standing in court suing me meant the truth of his knowledge and abilities pouring forth and destroying his second pension and proving that he really needed to be in a home.

The BBC and others still waste license payers money on him and I for one view it as an absolute disgrace. They read this forum so see what the pro's have to say about him and don't even acknowledge complaints to their own website about him.

I remeber the other JF at SVFR as a really nice bloke.

SND

Looks like they may have taken note of the complaints. A Ppruner, Bondu, was on the BBC 6pm news.

But sadly STV in Scotland had him on their 1800 edition instead talking sh1te about the ongoing 225 issues!!!:ugh:

If any of the press had a brain (not likely given today's evidence) they would approach an informed source with relevant knowledge. One or two out there that the tiniest research could identify and track down....

So if I have any questions about instrument maintenance schedules on Supermarine Scimitars, ...

Is it just me that is slightly dismayed at the purile personal attacks on this man. He is a journalist trying to make a living just like the rest of us.

Childish trashing of a mans reputation and attempting to have his employment terminated tars us all with the same unreasonable brush.

Funny how we all welcome the journos when they are saying something nice or making a programme like the "Blues and Twos" or "Helicopter Heroes".

If we were all "experts" we would probably not be providing the press with so much to write home about.

I have met Jim and he seems a decent guy trying to scratch a living out of his aviation enthusiasm.

I think some people need to grow up and get a reality check.

Complaining to the BBC so he loses his work.....shame on you all!!

DB

It is just you. :E

I've been to the doctors a few times. If the BBC have any medical questions, they can call me, anytime - for a fee.

"his aviation enthusiasm"

I am enthusiastic re: the female persuasion, but that does not make me an "expert" to speak on their behalf.

Come on......surely ONE person at least partially agrees with me if only to prove Bravo73 wrong!!!

Falling Standards @ the BBC
 

He's being paid from the BBC Licence Fee, to which we all have virtually no option but to contribute and we seem to have very little influence over how they spend it.

He's a bit like the people at the BBC who produced a site map of the crash are and it features the "M16" Building. D'you suppose that's where the guns are made?

Fit Like Double Bogey?

I see that according to your pprune id, you are in the Granite City, perchance you are Mr. Ferguson?

You may need to create another pprune ID in order to get your suggestion seconded.

Got no problem with anyone earning an HONEST living..


He just makes it up as he goes along talking utter bollox...


which can affect my honest living....


Keel hauling's to good for him.

Double Bogey.

Whilst i will step back from the more extreme name calling - the man is not qualified to speak about what he is being paid to speak about.

As for "just trying to scratch out a living" - if i just tried to scratch out a living pretending to be a doctor i'd be sent to prison (despite the fact that i'd probably make a better Doctor than JF is an aviation expert)! This man is pretending to know about aviation and the effect of his erroneous drivel is detrimental and offensive.

I too have met him and he is a perfectly nice chap with whom i would be happy to have a cup of tea in any airport cafe... Which is where his involvement in aviation should end.

I've never met him. Thing is, on my telly in my front room, he was saying that he had 'flown into' EGLW several times in the past. He gave the distinct impression that he was the bloke in the front right hand corner who pulls the levers and stuff.

I don't have a lot of time for people like that, least of all while doing it on national telly.

Ok...................I'll get my coat then!!!

PS - I am sure I am NOT Jim Ferguson....but this has been a very strange week!!!

DB

Someone should tell MP Kate Hoey the choppers that hover and make noise
over Westminster belong to the Met Police.