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Airline Steward at JFK Pulls Emergency Chute, Flies Coop
NBC New York ^ | 6:36 PM EDT, Mon, Aug 9, 2010 | y JONATHAN DIENST, PEI-SZE CHENG and HASANI GITTENS

Posted on 08/09/2010 4:04:14 PM PDT by Smogger

A flight attendant ran out of patience on a plane that just landed at JFK on Monday afternoon, so he allegedly cursed a blue streak over the p.a. system, grabbed some beers, pulled the emergency chute, slid down and ran from the plane, sources said.

Jet Blue employee Steven Slater was working on Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh to Kennedy Airport, which landed at around 12 p.m., when he got into a verbal altercation with a passenger, law-enforcement sources said. Following a heated exchange, the flight attendant told off the entire plane on the public address system, activated an emergency chute near the back of the plane and jumped down the evacuation slide and ran for it.

The argument began when one of the 100 passengers on the flight, got up early to get her luggage from an overhead compartment, according to sources. Slater told the passenger to sit back down -- but, as he approached, the woman continued to pull her belongings down and struck him in the head with her bag, authorities said.

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To: Col Frank Slade
He made a beeline from JFK to the nearest bath house.

You mean he was a gay flight attendant? Knock me over with a feather.

Seriously, there's a level of agressiveness in that region of the U.S. He should have been used to it. He could have had her arrested. That would have made "her" day.

21 posted on 08/09/2010 4:32:14 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Col Frank Slade

Looks like the weather flamer on Ch 3 in the Htfd area


22 posted on 08/09/2010 4:50:08 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Smogger; purplelobster

I said it before and I’ll say it again. I like this guy.

And, flight attendants don’t get nearly the respect they deserve. They work very hard, at long and odd hours, on cramped airplanes packed with stressed-out people. They’re extensively trained to handle all kinds of dangerous events, not least of which is saving your life.

I hope Jet Blue gives him some time off and then let’s him come back to work.


23 posted on 08/09/2010 4:51:09 PM PDT by fullchroma
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To: Smogger

She called him a mo-fo.
That pretty well explains who she is.


24 posted on 08/09/2010 4:54:18 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: cicero2k

Yes living in the NYC region does involve agressiveness.

It’s a survival requirement.


25 posted on 08/09/2010 4:55:18 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: iowamark; All
He was found by police in a sexual embrace with his partner, sources said.

Hot towel? Hot towel?

26 posted on 08/09/2010 5:04:08 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: agere_contra

I thought it was Nacho Grande! LOL!


27 posted on 08/09/2010 5:04:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Scrooge NYC-— and I’m from there originally!


28 posted on 08/09/2010 5:17:07 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: Smogger

A Drama Queen who lives in Queens......imagine that.


29 posted on 08/09/2010 6:28:12 PM PDT by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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To: edpc

More and more of them are moving to Astoria and Long Island City. Our soon to retire octogenarian State Senator caught a lot of flack for voting against gay marriage.


30 posted on 08/09/2010 6:35:30 PM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Smogger

5’ll get you 10 he’d have much preferred “UP” the chute than down it.

Defense via homophobic victimhood in 3... 2... 1...

He’ll be Sherroded and wind up head of the Attendant’s union.


31 posted on 08/09/2010 7:06:46 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: bigheadfred; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Make sure he doesn’t get paid for the full day.


32 posted on 08/09/2010 7:25:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: The_Sword_of_Groo

I agree...But man....this is my favorite story of the month! Everyone has days where they want to tell everyone to F**K off and slide down a chute! LOL! I wish I had seen it!


33 posted on 08/09/2010 8:16:31 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: bigheadfred

Saw this story this am. They sent helicopters and SWAT to his house to arrest him. LOL, I bet he wished he had grabbed a whole case of beer at that point.


34 posted on 08/10/2010 5:35:14 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: DemforBush

*Michael Douglas’ character in Falling Down.

Great movie.

Especially now.


35 posted on 08/10/2010 5:53:53 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: bigheadfred
ATTENTION AMERICA!!! THERE IS ONE JOB OPENING AT JET BLUE!

That Obamanomics is finally startin to pay off!

36 posted on 08/10/2010 4:33:12 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Make sure he doesn’t get paid for the full day.

That reminds me of a guy that used to work for me that quit. We had a ton of work and the owner wanted me to try to persuade him to stay. I tried, but his mind was made up. When I told the owner, he called the HR girl to make sure the guy's insurance was terminated THAT DAY rather than at the end of the month (though he didn't seem concerned when it took till the first of the month to kick in for new hires).

37 posted on 08/10/2010 4:38:37 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Soon of course, such a quitter could fall back on Obamacare. ;’) Thanks ST.


38 posted on 08/10/2010 6:40:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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