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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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.
Looks like the weather flamer on Ch 3 in the Htfd area
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.
She called him a mo-fo.
That pretty well explains who she is.
Yes living in the NYC region does involve agressiveness.
It’s a survival requirement.
I thought it was Nacho Grande! LOL!
Scrooge NYC-— and I’m from there originally!
A Drama Queen who lives in Queens......imagine that.
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.
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.
Make sure he doesn’t get paid for the full day.
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!
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.
*Michael Douglas’ character in Falling Down.
Great movie.
Especially now.
That Obamanomics is finally startin to pay off!
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).
Soon of course, such a quitter could fall back on Obamacare. ;’) Thanks ST.
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