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Nutty flight attendant Slater leaves JetBlue, claims he wasn't fired

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Sep 7th 2010 at 2:00PM

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For JetBlue, at least, the Steven Slater saga appears to be finished. The flight attendant who couldn't handle his ~~passenger safety~~ cart-pushing responsibilities any longer resigned from JetBlue last week, according to his attorney. Initially, the delusional employee wanted his old job back. JetBlue has said that Slater is no longer an employee but didn't mention whose choice it was.

Following his ride to fame down the emergency slide, Slater was suspended by JetBlue, which was planning to investigate. Internally, the company referred to Slater as being as "dangerous as a gun."

This is the end of a career that may have lasted two decades, depending on how much of Slater's math you trust, and he spent the last three years at JetBlue.

Of course, Slater isn't out of the woods yet. The flight attendant, lauded by airline employees as a show of ~~customer contempt~~ envy and solidarity, still has to contend with criminal charges, including criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. His next court date is today.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Malaycobra Sep 7th 2010 3:52PM

This moron doesn't deserve the attention he is getting.

Yet here I am taking time to comment...go figure.

Cornell Sep 7th 2010 7:22PM

Slater should not expect to work for any commercial airline. Given his theatrical "exit" from JetBlue and what some passengers had to say about his demeanor during that last flight, an airline would open itself for a potential lawsuit if it hired him and he pulls another stunt with a passenger.

It would not be surprising if he finds it hard to find any meaningful job in which the job description would include interacting with the public.