Sandy Jack

George Alexander Jack (1922 - 2002) better known as Sandy Jack was from Methil Fife, Scotland. He is known as campaigner and consumer champion from the Hoover free flights promotion

Jack was born on September 30, 1922 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. His career in the British Armed Forces lasted between 1940 and 1946. Jack served in the Royal Marines with R.M. Commandos in Yugoslavia; he was a sergeant at the age of 19 and was twice wounded in action.

In the 1950s, after teaching at an approved school at Whittingham in East Lothian, Scotland, Sandy moved to Uganda. There he was the principal of a teacher training college at Ngora for a number of years. Later he worked in Qatar in the Middle East.

Sandy Jack lived in Methill in Fife, Scotland with his second wife Sheila. He had two sons. (He had another two sons by a previous marriage.) Before his death in 2002, Jack was the Headmaster of Linnwood Hall in Fife.

Hoover Free Flights Promotion

Sandy Jack gained massive nationwide publicity from the Hoover free flights promotion and became a folk hero-like figure to customers waiting for their free flight tickets. Working with his publicity agent (Harry Cichy) and fellow pressure group member they were seldom out of the news.

History

*In 1992 Jack started legal action against Hoover. "Jack v. Hoover" set a precedent at Sheriff Court in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Jack was the first person in the United Kingdom to take Hoover to court over Hoover free flights promotion.
*In 1993 Jack and Harry Cichy formed the Hoover Holiday Pressure Group. Group shown and recommended by the BBC Watchdog program.
*In 1994 Jack, Cichy, and Lee Robertson meet with James Powell, Maytag head of communications, at Maytag HQ in Newton, Iowa. ABC TV have the three British citizens leaving Maytag HQ.
*Jack and Cichy enlist the help of Ralph Nader in the Hoover debacle. Len Hadley Maytag CEO refuses to talk to Nader over Hoover flight fiasco.
*In 1994, Jack received a standing ovation from Maytag shareholders when speaking on the Hoover flight promotion at the Maytag Corporation Annual General Meeting chaired by Len Hadley.

Photos

* [http://www.fotothing.com/Readallaboutit/photo/5e163a810f1d3f01c16186352aa77580/ Sandy Jack]

See also

*The Hoover Company
*Len Hadley
*Marketing
*Maytag Corporation
*Hoover free flights promotion

External links

* [http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=385 UK Whitegoods article "Hoover Flights Saga Class Action"]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3704669.stm BBC article "Hoover's free flights fiasco recalled"]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/anniversary/difference.shtml BBC Watchdog "Hoover free flights fiasco"]
* [http://www.hoover.co.uk/docs/ "Hoover - UK"]