Flight Attendant has enough and he's off

[ianrauk]

This tickled me for some reason. Especially the last sentence.


JetBlue attendant slides down emergency chute after fight with passenger
By Holly BaileyPolice arrested a JetBlue flight attendant today at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after he got into a verbal altercation with a passenger and then fled the scene by sliding down the plane's emergency evacuation chute.

It all happened as the plane pulled into the gate at JFK after what had been a routine flight from Pittsburgh. But shortly after landing, a passenger stood up as the plane was taxiing to the gate and began removing his bags from the overhead bin. According to the Wall Street Journal's Sean Gardiner, the flight attendant, identified as Steven Slater, asked the passenger to return to his seat.

A "heated" exchange ensued, which culminated in Slater walking to the rear of the plane, where he grabbed the intercom. "To the passenger who called me a motherf***er, f*** you!" Slater yelled, passengers tell the New York Daily News. "I've been in the business 28 years. I've had it. That's it." He activated the emergency chute and slid away.



Slater then walked along the jetway into the terminal, where he took a shuttle to the employee parking lot. Observers watched as he ripped off his JetBlue tie and threw it to the ground. Slater got into his vehicle and drove to his home in Queens. According to the New York Times' Ray Rivera, he was arrested shortly afterward and faces charges of criminal mischief and trespassing.

A source tells WNBC that Slater was "having a bad day."

 

[Paulus]

Anyone who works with the general public will have had thoughts of doing a similar thing. He had had enough and cracked. All respect to him!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

He grabbed some beers from the trolley before he left the plane too!

 

[Globalti]

My brother, his wife and her brother flew recently from Detroit to Heathrow. As they were settling down for the flight the steward came on the tannoy and screamed at the passengers "EVERYBODY GET OFF THE 'PLANE NOW! THERE'S A TORNADO COMING! GET OFF THE PLANE AND DON'T STOP TO COLLECT YOUR BELONGINGS!"

As you would expect there was mass panic and everybody sprinted for the exit. My sister-in-law collected several bruises and arrived in the terminal minus her shoes. Nothing happened at all and they all got back in the 'plane and left an hour later.

 

[661-Pete]

Hmmmm... 'Slow news' day perhaps? "SMALL ANGRY OUTBURST ON TAXIING PASSENGER PLANE. NOT MANY KILLED".

Don't think I've ever used the "M*****f*****" word in public, but I wish I had a pound for the number of times I've said the F-word at work in front of colleagues. But I don't work with the general public - that is maybe the crucial difference...

 

[slowmotion]

He grabbed some beers from the trolley before he left the plane too!

Yes, the man had style!

 

[J.Y.Kelly]

I've worked with the public since 1972, and there have been times when I wanted to simply walk away and never return.
You are the face of the company, so everything is YOUR fault when it goes wrong.

 

[darkstar]

What a hero, he's taken so much crap from snotty passengers for 28 years, this guy was so rude he decided he didn't want to take it any more. The only way this could be better, is if he punched the customer. I hate people who stand up early on planes, and rush to get off. I just sit there until everyones pushed past each other, impatient to get to the baggage area, to wait even more time!

 

[amnesia]

Havin' a bad day ???