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#26

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:22pm

He apparently reached his breaking point on Flight 1052 when a passenger tried to get a bag from the overhead compartment and it clocked Slater on the head, cops said.

Why does the article leave out that the man who was trying to get the bag from the overhead was doing it while the plane was still moving?

According to the first report:

"One passenger got out of his seat to fetch his belongings from the overhead compartment before the crew had given permission. Mr. Slater instructed the man to remain seated. The passenger defied him.Mr. Slater approached and reached the passenger just as the person pulled down the luggage, which struck Mr. Slater in the head. Mr. Slater asked for an apology. The passenger instead cursed at him."

What he did was crazy, but why do they leave out the details that show that the passenger was crazy as well?

For the record, I hate people who get up and get their luggage before the little ding-dong.

I hate even more people who recline their seats during take-off and landing.

And I REALLY hate people who continue to use their cell phones and music players after the flight attendant says to turn them off.

I don't admire what this guy did, but I could easily see myself doing the same--or worse.

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Updated On: 8/10/10 at 12:22 PM

#27

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:26pm

You're right, PJ: those details were left out of the initial reports.

I'd still prefer a little more self-control from the people partially responsible for my safety on a plane, but you have to admire his panache.

#28

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:32pm

See, I think he looks like a spoiled twit. I don't admire anything about what he did.

There are people who put up with a lot more for a lot less and don't act childish when they have a bad day.

I'm not saying I don't feel for him, no one wants to deal with assholes, but if this is what set him off I don't want to be anywhere near him when he finds out he can't collect unemployment.

....but the world goes 'round

#29

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:36pm

I had worked customer service for 12 years and can understand it. I'm not saying I agree with it, but I get it. It gets to a point when dealing with Assholes non stop every day all day, where something is just going to be the breaking point. We've gotten to a point in our society where, since the customer is ALWAYS right, it means they are allowed to treat people like shlt with no consequences and get whatever they want. People can only put up with so much of that before they'll rightfully say "ENOUGH". Again, it can be done in a much more graceful way but... I get it.

#30

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:41pm

Taz, I pretty much agree.

I understand it's not easy, but dealing with assholes like that is the job. If you can't do it, go do something else.

#31

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:50pm

But if you have to go somewhere else, make an EXIT!

#32

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:51pm

Well, sure.

#33

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:54pm

Right!

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#34

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:55pm

Like, when I finally leave BroadwayWorld...

#35

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:56pm

I would like BWW to add an "inflate emergency slide" button under our avatars.

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#36

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 12:59pm

He had flair...illegal flair but flair nottheless.

Reminds me of when I was laid off from a previous job. While I was cleaning out my desk and instead of putting all of my contacts in the dumpster behind our building I put them in our neighbor's dumpster. I didn't have a chute to slide down so it was the best I could do.

ETA: I also didn't throw the papers out publicly because that would have defeated the purpose of putting them in someone else's dumpster.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

Updated On: 8/10/10 at 12:59 PM

#37

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:05pm

The Times is now correcting the events. As usual, it's not what we all thought:

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Mr. Turman, of the Legal Aid Society, offered an account of the flight, JetBlue 1052 from Pittsburgh, that he said justified Mr. Slater’s actions. He told reporters that on the ground in Pittsburgh, a female passenger had been verbally and physically abusive to Mr. Slater when he intervened as she squabbled with a male passenger over access to the overhead luggage compartment.

“The woman initially at Pittsburgh slammed the overhead into his head,” Mr. Turman said of Mr. Slater.

A passenger on the flight, Greg Kanczes, said that he saw a large, fresh-looking gash on Mr. Slater’s forehead at the beginning of the flight. “It was about an inch-and-half long, and it was a big red mark or cut,” Mr. Kanczes said by phone Tuesday. “There was no bandage.”

In previous accounts offered by the authorities, Mr. Slater’s main altercation with the passenger had come at the end of the flight, not the beginning, with the passenger pulling a bag out of the overhead compartment that struck Mr. Slater in the head.

Meanwhile, in an interview on the celebrity-news Web site TMZ, a woman who says she was married to Mr. Slater in the 1990s and remains friendly with him said that she talked to Mr. Slater’s ailing mother after his arrest Monday. The woman, Cynthia Susanne, said that Mr. Slater’s mother told her that Mr. Slater said that the passenger had “maliciously” pulled the compartment door down to hit Mr. Slater in the head, but that the altercation had occurred at the end of the flight.
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#38

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:08pm

This may be Seattle urban legend, but I remember hearing about some corporation that was downsizing an entire floor of a department. The deal was, they would fire everybody, hire new people for cheaper. But in the interim, the entire floor would be basically vacant for a few months while the company restructured. Apparently, one of the people laid off knew about this and left them a bit of a gift. A large Pike Place Market trout closed in one of the desks. Rotting. For months.

Not as stylish as grabbing a beer and going down the slippy slide, but still...

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#39

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:13pm

Is there a bail fund I can PayPal 10 bucks or so to?

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#40

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:13pm

Well, that's not any clearer, at least not to me.

But if the passenger had assaulted Slater, why not just have her arrested?

#41

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:16pm

Why didn't he bandage his wound!

#42

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:17pm

Well, that's not any clearer, at least not to me.

Me either. Was he hit in the head once or twice?

But if the passenger had assaulted Slater, why not just have her arrested?

I had the same thought especially if it happened before take off.

#43

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:20pm

Where is this passenger now? Why hasn't anyone interviewed her? I'm sure she'll be suing JetBlue for punitive damages or something.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#44

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:21pm

For real. No one assaults a flight attendant and is allowed to remain on the plane.

And why would he quit? If what the passenger did was truly that egregious then he should have reported her and had her deplaned. The only one he ended up hurting was himself.

....but the world goes 'round

Updated On: 8/10/10 at 01:21 PM

#45

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:25pm

Taz, he wasn't thinking logically. I'm sure he put up with a lot and this was the straw that broke the camel's back.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

#46

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:29pm

Couldn't he have upper and had the unruly passenger detained for refusing to follow crew member instructions? We hear about people all the time being taken into custody for getting out of hand on airplanes. Surely slamming an overhead bin door on a flight attendant's head, refusing to stay seating when the plane in motion and cursing them out is cause enough.

#47

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 1:34pm

Personal life stress. Dying mother stress. Head injury stress. Very hot and humid day stress. Recovery relapse stress.

Anything's possible.

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#48

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 2:26pm

Why is it that I can't get Stephen Stucker from "Airplane" out of my head now?

#49

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 2:45pm

I thought the same thing. It's the alliteration and the fact that he was charged with "mischief" I think...

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#50

JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops

Posted: 8/10/10 at 3:02pm

Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.

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