THE file on the Hoover free air flights fiasco has not reached the legal team at the giant Pepsi Co soft drinks corporation, now facing an extraordinary law suit from a business student.
The young man this week filed claim demanding that the corporation supply him with a £46 million Harrier jump jet fighter like the one featured in a television advertisement.
As part of a Pepsi promotion the company "jokingly" offered the aircraft for seven million points an awful lot of the black, sticky liquid for the successful applicant to consume. Fatally, Pepsi told customers they had the option of buying Pepsi points for 10 cents each. John Leonard (21), a business student, worked out that he needed £466,000 for the top prize a real bargain. He formed a syndicate, borrowed the money, and presented Pepsi with 15 normal points plus a cheque to the value of the remaining 6,999,985 points. Yesterday the Pentagon moved in to spoil the party, saying that Leonard will not be jumping for joy even if he wins the lawsuit. "This sort of military hardware is not available to the public," a spokesman said.
