Angry air steward storms down slide. - 2010-08-11 4:47 AM
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Angry_air_steward_storms_down_slide
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A flight attendant has been arrested after swearing at a passenger before storming off a plane via the emergency inflatable slide.
Steven Slater, 38, argued with a passenger who was attempting to retrieve hand luggage from an overhead locker while the Pittsburgh to New York plane was still moving on the runway.
When the passenger abused Mr Slater, the flight attendant appears to have lost his temper and dramatically resigned.
He grabbed the intercom and said: "To the passenger who called be a mother ****er, **** you. I've been in the business 28 years. I've had it. That's it."
Mr Slater then activated the emergency exit, grabbed two beers from the galley, and then slid down the inflatable slide on to the tarmac, reports the Wall Street Journal.
He boarded a train to the terminal, stripping off his tie and discarding it to the astonishment of bemused onlookers.
He then drove to his nearby home in Queens, New York, where he was later arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.
Mr Slater is a long-standing flight attendant who worked for budget airline Jet Blue.
His arrest appears to have triggered an online movement, with others who work in jobs which bring them in to contact with rude customers demanding his release.
Steven Slater, 38, argued with a passenger who was attempting to retrieve hand luggage from an overhead locker while the Pittsburgh to New York plane was still moving on the runway.
When the passenger abused Mr Slater, the flight attendant appears to have lost his temper and dramatically resigned.
He grabbed the intercom and said: "To the passenger who called be a mother ****er, **** you. I've been in the business 28 years. I've had it. That's it."
Mr Slater then activated the emergency exit, grabbed two beers from the galley, and then slid down the inflatable slide on to the tarmac, reports the Wall Street Journal.
He boarded a train to the terminal, stripping off his tie and discarding it to the astonishment of bemused onlookers.
He then drove to his nearby home in Queens, New York, where he was later arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.
Mr Slater is a long-standing flight attendant who worked for budget airline Jet Blue.
His arrest appears to have triggered an online movement, with others who work in jobs which bring them in to contact with rude customers demanding his release.
My new hero.
