JetBlue attendant blows gasket, quits, exits down slide

[Morg]

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/201...ps-planes-emergency-chute-at-jfk-slides-away/

Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK


Updated, 4:26 p.m.

A jetBlue flight attendant upset because a passenger refused to apologize after accidentally striking him with luggage, allegedly spewed obscenities over the PA system, then activated and slid down a plane’s emergency chute before disappearing into a terminal at John F. Kennedy airport Monday, an airport official said.

JetBlue Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh had taxied to a stop at Terminal 5, Gate C around noon Monday when flight attendant Steven Slater, 38, was struck in the head with luggage that a passenger was trying to unload from an overhead compartment, according to an airport official with knowledge of the incident.

Slater demanded an apology from the passenger, the official said, but the passenger refused. The two argued before the passenger told Slater to “f— off”, the official said. The official said that Slater then got on the plane’s PA system and directed that same obscenity at all the passengers and added that he especially meant it for the man who refused to apologize.

Slater is alleged to have then activated the plane’s inflatable emergency slide, grabbed two beers from the galley, then slid down the chute, the official said.

The attendant then ran from the tarmac into the terminal, the official said. He made his way to his car and drove to his residence in Belle Harbor, Queens, the official said. The official said that jetBlue officials waited until about 25 minutes after the chute was deployed before they notified Port Authority Police. The wait enabled Slater to make the getaway, the airport’s police force. Steve Stampley, a jetBlue spokesman, declined to comment on the alleged reporting delay.

Authorities picked the flight attendant up at his home on Beach 128th Street Monday afternoon and brought him to the Port Authority Police station at JFK airport for questioning. The official said that Slater was calm when arrested and remained calm throughout his interrogation and the booking process. He was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. He was awaiting arraignment Monday night. Attempts to reach Slater’s relatives were not successful. (No word on whether the flight attendant was one of the many former NYPD officers in jetBlue’s employ.)

Stampley said that jetBlue’s corporate policy prohibits the company from divulging information about crewmembers.

“At this time, we are working with the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to investigate this incident. At no time was the security or safety of our customers or crewmembers at risk,” Stampley said.

 

[Alchemyst]

damn...that was gangster

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I don't care what any of you say. This guy ****ing rocks and shouldn't have charges placed against him.

 

[The Battousai]

"Reckless endangerment"?

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm guessing due to the use of an emergency exit in a non-emergency. Though it's not like they were in flight when he did it.

 

[Matt]

Someone needs to start a campaign to free this guy, because he is just about the most awesome dude ever. I love that he grabbed two beers before going.

 

[Morg]

Someone needs to start a campaign to free this guy, because he is just about the most awesome dude ever. I love that he grabbed two beers before going.

Thought that was funny too

 

[Alchemyst]

*In case of emergency, grab 2 beers, deploy inflatable slide, and proceed outside the aircraft*

That should become part of the safety videos before the flight

 

[Morg]

"Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. Police sources said that when authorities found Slater he seemed to be in the midst having sexual relations." OK I like this dude

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...lls-Emergency-Chute-Flies-Coop-100286494.html

 

[Alchemyst]

"Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. Police sources said that when authorities found Slater he seemed to be in the midst having sexual relations." OK I like this dude

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...lls-Emergency-Chute-Flies-Coop-100286494.html

EPIC!!!!!!! Today.......he had a blast

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Someone needs to make a movie out of this. Slater's Day Off.

 

[Alchemyst]

I couldn't have been on that plane with that dude, I would have died laughing. He did what only people imagine doing once they have that bad day at work.

 

[Matt]

According to my local news, he already has some 15,000 supporters on Facebook. This guy is truly awesome.

 

[Anubis]

Now that is how you f**king quit! This dude is awesome.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don't blame him. Sounds like the passenger was a total *****.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Stories like this make me wonder how many of us are just one bad incident away from losing it.

 

[Scourge2099]

This guy is as awesome as the Dos Equis Guy.

 

[Drizzle]

The only way this guy would be a bigger badass than he already is would be if he grabbed a parachute (along with the beers) and slid down the emergency slide while the plane was flying.

 

[Hotwire]

This is exactly what many of us only wish we had done when we quit a s***ty job! He's my hero!

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

This guy is as awesome as the Dos Equis Guy.

Let's not get carried away here...

 

[Kane52630]

^this.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

"Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. Police sources said that when authorities found Slater he seemed to be in the midst having sexual relations." OK I like this dude

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...lls-Emergency-Chute-Flies-Coop-100286494.html

I bet he was fed up from all the times Zack c^*& blocked him in front of Kelly

 

[Ghostvirus]

For me this would be a truly awesome story if I didn't keep thinking about if a passenger had done this they would have been dead before they got to the beer.

 

[Alchemyst]

Even though I know there was really no excuse for the guys action, they said over the radio that his father just recently passed away. His actions may have been something that had just been built up from things going on in his life and that passenger cursing him out was the icing on the cake and the guy snapped. He was probably relieved after he got everything off of his chest. In all honesty, he went about it the wrong way. Prolly went blank or somethin

 

[The Battousai]

You're a real party-pooper, Alchemyst