Sep 5th, 2010 at 3:00PM: We're beginning to sympathize with the JetBlue flight attendant who made the dramatic exit via emergency slide after hearing this latest news from the flight deck. A legal battle is pending after a Compass Airlines flight attendant admitted publicly that she qualified for food stamps.
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Flight Attendant terminated after admitting she qualified for food stamps
Sep 5th, 2010 at 3:00PM: We're beginning to sympathize with the JetBlue flight attendant who made the dramatic exit via emergency slide after hearing this latest news from the flight deck. A legal battle is pending after a Compass Airlines flight attendant admitted publicly that she qualified for food stamps.
Kristen Arianejad was terminated on August 25 after being featured in a local television program and admitting ...Five reasons flight attendants should become Wal-Mart greeters
Sep 4th, 2010 at 12:30PM: Flight attendant complaints about compensation are not unusual, but they've certainly gained momentum with the recent admission of food stamp use by one. Sure, it's a low-paying gig – the average income of $35,000 isn't what newbies to the friendly skies are pulling down. Some make less than $20,000 a year, which is tough in just about any part of the country. The work isn't easy, especially ...Some flight attendants worse than drunk passengers says survey
Aug 23rd, 2010 at 12:30PM: "Surly demeanor" is what bugs passengers most about flight attendants, confirming any suspicion anyone's ever had about customer service in the airline industry. More than 5,100 readers weighed in on a USA Today survey, with 38 percent saying that attitude was the worst part of dealing with flight attendants.
What else can't we stand about flight attendants? According to USA Today, 21 percent ...Ask Gadling: You left something on the airplane
Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:30AM: It's not a good feeling, walking toward baggage claim or a connecting flight, and realizing you forgot an item on the plane. Especially if it's something valuable, like a brand-new digital camera (not that that happened to me). Okay, it did. I flew Varig into Sao Paulo, and deplaned to catch a connection to Rio. I was halfway to the gate when I realized the camera was missing. I'd removed it from ...Steven Slater reality show? JetBlue flight attendant
Aug 17th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
"He's certainly a people person: he used to be a flight attendant." These are the words used to describe the potential of Steven Slater as a reality show star. Obviously, the editor of OK! Magazine doesn't realize why this clown is in the public eye. TMZ broke the story of Slater's new job prospect, which would feature disgruntled employees "quit their jobs in extravagant ways." We know he won't ...
Does JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater know himself?
Aug 17th, 2010 at 8:30AM:
Steven Slater has almost always been the top dog. As Skyliner747, he posted on aviation message board Airliners.net on January 18, 2008: "I have been flying for 11 years, 90 percent of which has been in the lead position where I have encountered every kind of boarding challenge imaginable." So, here's a seasoned flight attendant who's accustomed to being in control and has seen everything that ...Does the airline industry really consider JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater a hero?
Aug 16th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
As you know, I've been following the story of flight-attendant-turned-runaway Steven Slater closely. What started as the quirky, though dangerous, reaction of a man pushed too far has become a bit more complicated. Slater's message board activity has shown his likely instability, his own words tell that he's been planning this for a while and it's becoming increasingly likely that he lied about ...
JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater lies about passenger assault
Aug 16th, 2010 at 8:30AM:
Steven Slater without a reason for his slide to glory is really just a random weirdo with a salient dangerous streak. After all, any goodwill the flight attendant got from the public was based on the horrible working conditions he endured – including being assaulted by a passenger and getting a gash on his head in the process – and the fact that they drove him to his "take this job ...Steven Slater Video: Watch the nutty flight attendant ride to infamy
Aug 15th, 2010 at 8:00AM:
The above video comes from NBC New York, which claims the exclusive on it. Seventeen seconds in, you can see the emergency slide pop out from the right side of the plane (which is actually on your left). It happens in the center of the screen, but you need to look carefully, because the view is partially obstructed. The slide pops out toward the front of the plane. At 26 seconds, you can see ...
Could airline baggage fees create another Steven Slater?
Aug 14th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
We're still in the early stages of figuring out just want made flight attendant Steven Slater jettison himself from a JetBlue plane via the emergency slide. There are conflicting accounts from the passengers on board, including those who allegedly pushed Slate over the edge, and then there's Slater's story about having been beaten by an unruly passenger's bag. He raised the issue of how ...
JetBlue memo: Steven Slater's slide "as dangerous as a gun"
Aug 14th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
The Associated Press has unearthed an internal JetBlue memo, and it's pretty clear that the airline doesn't view disgruntled flight attendant Steven Slater as a hero. In fact, JetBlue's memo has characterized his actions as inexcusable.
Loved because he left his job in grand fashion – despite the fact that "aviation is in his blood" and he wants the gig back – the emerging reality ...
Delusional JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater wants his job back
Aug 13th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
Who wants a job that drove him so nuts he went ballistic and jumped out the back door of a plane? Well, that would be Steven Slater, of course. The flight attendant now famous for popping the escape chute, grabbing a beer and going home from JFK airport in Queens – who has been thinking about this for the past two decades – wants his job back. And, that makes sense, since he isn't ...
Five new jobs in media for flight attendant Steven Slater
Aug 13th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
Even though the president of the flight attendant union has come out in support of Steven Slater's keeping his job (requiring some sort of mental gymnastics I simply can't fathom), there is a shot the temporarily famous flight attendant may have to freshen up his resume. The odds that he'll get a gig in Hollywood seem low, but that doesn't mean he can't get a fantastic gig with its ...Nutty JetBlue flight attendant unlikely to get entertainment deal
Aug 12th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
How much can Steve Slater milk his 15 minutes of fame? The coverage has come quickly, and Slater has started to become a bit more comfortable with it. Reports are coming in that he wasn't satisfied with his job (you think?), and it's clear that this could be seen as a major opportunity for something of a career change for him.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Slater doesn't have much of a ...
Steven Slater on airport stunt: I thought about it for 20 years!
Aug 12th, 2010 at 9:30AM:
Former(?) JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater may not have stepped onto the plane with the intention of grabbing a beer and dropping the emergency chute, but it wasn't far from his mind. The New York Times got a few moments with the now (in)famous flight attendant in the elevator of the Upper East Side apartment building where Slater was camped out after being released on bail.
In this ...
JetBlue flight attendant hiring: police and firefighters preferred
Aug 6th, 2010 at 12:00PM: "Turn off your electronic devices" may soon be followed by "Up against the wall!" on JetBlue flights. The airline is looking for flight attendants who have real backgrounds in safety: it's targeting former police officers and firefighters for flight attendant jobs. JetBlue has reportedly hired "several hundred" of New York's finest over the past decade, and up to 10 percent of the cabin crew has ...Former American Airlines flight attendant charged with making terror threats
Jul 27th, 2010 at 5:30PM: A former flight attendant for American Airlines has been arrested and charged with making terrorist threats. Rodney Lorenzo claimed he sent secret airline information to 25 Muslim charity organizations in the U.S. and U.K.
Lorenzo had been fired by the airline for throwing a coffee pot at a fellow flight attendant, and apparently held a grudge against his former employer.
According to court ...Turbulence hurts: leading cause of in-flight injury
Jul 22nd, 2010 at 9:00AM: If you aren't splattered in a fatal crash, you're most likely to be injured by severe turbulence. Don't get shaken up by this, though, odds are the biggest risk you'll face is a middle seat sandwiched by garlic-eater and a heavy talker (choose which way you want to read that one). While you can't be saved from the people around you, you can protect our body from a bouncing plane: put on your ...Air France in-flight thefts solved - flight attendant arrested
Jul 20th, 2010 at 5:30PM: Earlier this year, we wrote about an Air France plane that had been hit by a pickpocket. The thief had emptied the wallets of business class passengers, and upon arrival in Paris, local police boarded the plane, but were unable to find the criminal.
Six months after that incident, French police have arrested an Air France flight attendant suspected of being behind the thefts. In total, 142 Air ...Cougar attacks 14-year-old boy in flight
Jul 14th, 2010 at 11:00AM: Southwest Airlines is being sued. A passenger claims that the airline's flight attendants weren't able to protect his 14-year-old son from the prowling of an in-flight cougar. The older female passenger, he claims, offered his son illegal drug and made sexual advances during the flight to Orlando on July 13, 2008. The teenager was traveling alone, according to the Associated Press, and "was so ...
