Cabin Fever On Jet Blue

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/ny...nt.html?src=mv

The official offered the following account:
One passenger stood up to retrieve belongings from the overhead compartment before the crew had given permission. Mr. Slater instructed the person to remain seated. The passenger defied him. Mr. Slater reached the passenger just as the person was pulling down the luggage, which struck Mr. Slater in the head.
Mr. Slater asked for an apology. The passenger instead cursed at him. Mr. Slater got on the plane’s public-address system and cursed out the passenger for all to hear. Then, after declaring that 20 years in the airline industry was enough, he blurted out, “It’s been great!” He activated the inflatable evacuation slide at a service exit and left the world of flight attending behind.

Haha my friend linked me this this morning... classic, I mean who hasn't wanted to do that? Love the fact he grabbed 2 beers haha

I think it's even funnier that he sent his crew bag down first. It must've been a bizarre scene watching him frolicking down the tarmac, rollbag, beers and all!!

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Originally Posted by mrs767er

It must've been a bizarre scene watching him frolicking down the tarmac, rollbag, beers and all!![/I]

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Yeah, he did remember to grab the beer on the way out. *wink*

This story has exploded on the net. There are at least nine Steven Slater Facebook fans pages, "free Steven Slater t-shirts for sale and his Facebook page has over 15,000 "likes/fans".

Daily News article about the reaction on the net. At the end of the article there's a list of Steven Slater Facebook Fan Pages -JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater is the Toast of the Online Community

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Originally Posted by Migflanker

Yeah, he did remember to grab the beer on the way out. *wink*

This story has exploded on the net. There are at least nine Steven Slater Facebook fans pages, "free Steven Slater t-shirts for sale and his Facebook page has over 15,000 "likes/fans".

Daily News article about the reaction on the net. At the end of the article there's a list of Steven Slater Facebook Fan Pages -JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater is the Toast of the Online Community

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Yep--that pretty much says it all about facebook fans.

I heard that when he activated the slide it could have hurt/killed a ramper? Not very funny. {:"}

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Originally Posted by Pago Flyer

I heard that when he activated the slide it could have hurt/killed a ramper? Not very funny. {:"}

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You are so right but he won't be vilified for what didn't happen, will he? and that's not funny either...