Jetblue Steward Goes Off Deepend
August 10th, 2010 | by Sqotty |Andy Warhol once said that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. That was before the Internet and Facebook. I wonder what Warhol thinks that time limit should be now?
Yesterday, Steven Slater, now a former steward for JetBlue, made a grab for his 15+ minutes of fame when, after an altercation with a passenger, got on the plane’s intercom system, cursed everyone out, deployed the slide (since this was not an emergency, it would be a criminal offense), stole two beers (another criminal offense), slid down the slide and dashed through the airport, whining about having a bad day to anyone who would listen, went home, where police allegedly found him busily “doing himself”. Heck of a way to get 15 minutes of fame. I bet his parents are very proud of him. NOT!
What set this clown off (I am obviously on the side of Law and Justice, which, based on the comments on the news sites running this story makes me out of step with Main Stream America. But then I also cling to my god and my Guns, so what the hey!) so much that he would commit a number of criminal acts? From NBC New York:
The argument began when one of the 100 passengers on the flight, got up early to get her luggage from an overhead compartment, according to sources. Slater told the passenger to sit back down — but, as he approached, the woman continued to pull her belongings down and struck him in the head with her bag, authorities said.
Okay, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t get annoyed with passengers who insist on getting up before the parking breaks are on and pulling their bags out. I don’t like it. It can also be dangerous leading to someone getting a bag banged on their head.
Slater asked for an apology but the woman cursed him out, saying in effect “go f–k yourself” and calling him a “mo-fo,” according to law enforcement sources who are still sorting out the specifics. Then Slater got on the flight’s announcement system and allegedly cursed out everyone on the plane — especially the person who mouthed off to him, according to law enforcement sources.
At this point, the passenger is not only in the wrong, but is being abusive and unruly. But what Slater did in reaction is also wrong, and as I was taught, two wrongs do not make a right (unless you are a Left-wing Democrat in Congress or sitting in the Oval Office).
Slater, instead of going off the handle which will lead to his incarceration, should have talked to the flight’s captain, who is the rightful person to determine what to do next about an abusive and unruly passenger. Instead, Slater blew away his career and will soon be spending a few years in the pen with a cellmate named “Bubba” who might just find Slater to be a top notch piece of you-know-what. There is a reason why they call it the pokey, and Slater will get firsthand knowledge as to why.
Slater is reputed to have said as a parting line from the plane, “to the passenger who called me a (expletive expletive, expletive) you. I’ve been in this business 28 years. And that’s it, I’m done”. Slater must not have been very good at math as that would mean he had been in a flight attendant since the age of 10, which isn’t possible.
My only question now is how long will it be before I receive an invite to one (or more) of those Facebook groups supporting this guy?
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