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If You're Gonna Go...

Post by hobie16 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:30 pm

... go out with a bang!

Angry JetBlue Flight Attendant Flees Plane at JFK Airport via Emergency Slide
Steven Slater Charged With Criminal Mischief and Reckless Endangerment

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
Aug. 9, 2010

A frustrated JetBlue flight attendant allegedly fled his plane via emergency chute -- beer in hand -- after getting into a fight with a passenger and then cursing out the entire cabin over a loudspeaker.

The JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport shortly after noon. As the plane was taxiing to the gate, one of the passengers apparently got out of his seat to grab a bag from an overhead compartment.

The flight attendant walked over to tell him he had to sit down. The two reportedly got into an argument and somehow the flight attendant got hit in the head with either the bag or the compartment door.

At that point, the flight attendant got on the loud speaker, told those aboard to "go f*** themselves," grabbed a beer from the galley, deployed the chute and ran into the terminal. His car was parked at an employee lot and he drove home.

The attendant was arrested at his nearby home about a half an hour later by Port Authority police.

Steven Slater, 38, of the Belle Harbor section of Queens, N.Y., has been charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, according to a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which runs the New York-area airports. The case is still being investigated but will be referred to the Queens District Attorney's office.

JetBlue would not say how long Slater has worked for the airline, but his LinkedIn profile says he worked as a flight attendant since 1994, when he worked for the former Business Express. He also worked for the now-defunct TWA and for Delta, then apparently had a job as the Burberry accessories shop manager at Bloomingdale's.

According to the profile, at JetBlue he is a member of the "inflight values committee" and is the chairman of the "uniform redesign committee."


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by hobie16 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:34 pm

Meanwhile on Lufthansa, the pillows are flying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztrOt3OX ... r_embedded


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by darph nader » Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:57 pm

Glad he grabbed a beer first. Rotten severance pay though. :(


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by Ms. Matterhorn » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:03 pm

I'm sure many frustrated CM's can relate. "I'm mad as h*** and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

BTW, the pillow fight was awesome!


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by Ms. Matterhorn » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:25 pm

Here's the link to the Jet Blue story:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... wn-slide/1


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by darph nader » Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:56 pm

So much for getting a good reference from JetBlue. :eek:


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Re: If You're Gonna Go...

Post by hobie16 » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:16 pm

Steven Slater, instant folk hero.

He'll never have to buy a drink in flight attendant bars for the rest of his life.


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