Quite possibly the coolest flight attendant ever…
JetBlue flight attendant arrested after leaving plane by emergency slide
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
NEW YORK — A JetBlue flight attendant got into an argument with a passenger on a jetliner arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, cursed the passenger, grabbed a beer from the galley and then deployed an emergency exit slide and fled the plane, authorities said.
Flight attendant Steven Slater was arrested at his home in the nearby Belle Harbor section of Queens by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing.
Slater, 39, remained in custody Monday night. His attorney’s name wasn’t available, and there was no home telephone number listed for him. A woman who answered a phone at a previous residence listed for Slater in Thousand Oaks, Calif., identified herself as his mother but said she wasn’t speaking to the media.
JetBlue Airways said in a statement that it was working with the Federal Aviation Administration and Port Authority police to investigate the matter. It said the safety of its customers and crew members was never at risk.
Slater was working on JetBlue Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh when he got into an argument with a passenger who was pulling down baggage from an overhead bin, the Port Authority said. The luggage apparently struck the attendant in the head, and he asked for an apology, but the passenger refused, the agency said.
As the plane was landing, Slater got on the public-address system and cursed at the passenger, the Port Authority said. Slater then grabbed at least one beer, activated the slide, slid down and went to his car, the agency said.
Port Authority police were notified about 25 minutes later.
JetBlue would not say how long Slater had been employed by the company.
Posted on August 10, 2010, in Funny and tagged argument, beer, flight attendant, Jet Blue, slide, Steven Slater. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
sometimes right - sometimes not - always correct 
Got to disagree w/you on this one, Bubba; he lowered himself to her level-what looks like him being cool is him blowing his cool
I see your point, but ask your self this… what is the best way to 1) quit your job 2) win an argument 3) have a beer all at the same time? I say the obvious answer is to cuss out an asshole of a customer over the loud speaker, grab 2 beers, and hit the emergency super deluxe chucky cheese slide to safety and walk into the sunset proud, until your mom sees you being arrested on tv.