Juan Jimenez wrote:
Like I said, I believe you should
have the gumption to talk to Jim and get his side of the story. Until you do
that, all you're doing is blowing more hot air of the RAH gaggle type.

Juan, it is interesting that you suggest talking to Jim. I have had the
pleasure, so I have passed your hot air test.

I spoke to Jim, when he called me on my cell phone early one Sunday
morning. I ended up getting his side of a number of his "stories" in
the course of this 60+ minute conversation.

During this phone call, I was lectured and threatened and was party to
both sides of the good cop bad cop routine.

After I advised a British aviation magazine to check out Jim's
credentials a little more carefully before accepting his contributions,
that same magazine provided Jim with my email message and cell phone
number. This says something about that magazine's integrity.

A good part of the conversation centered around his test pilot
experience and credentials and his general credibility.

He pleasantly asked me to publicly and privately retract my statements.
When I told him that I wasn't especially interested in retracting my
statements, he turned up the heat and started making legal threats.

Without getting upset, I told Jim that I would take my chances in court
if that is what he wanted to do. I told him that it would be
interesting to witness my father's testimony and that of dozens of Navy
test pilots echoing my interpretation of Jim's claims and credentials.

When I mentioned that given his medical history and public record of his
activities, he might be at a disadvantage facing me in court.

He kept switching characters, a few minutes good cop, a few minutes bad
cop. He would threaten legal action, explaining the consequences of his
legal victory and in the next breath, start crying about how such
statements are hurting his ability to provide for himself and his family
and nicely asking me to retract the statements or cease making further
statements of that nature.

Well, Juan, that's my experience with Jim. He's a train wreck and you
invite criticism through your association with him.