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Fired Flight Attendant: 'Bad Manners' All Around

By Mara GayOct 27th 2010 – 10:40AM
Seth Wenig, AP

Seth Wenig, AP

(Oct. 27) -- Former Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater says bad manners are to blame for the August tantrum that sent him over the edge -- and down the plane's emergency chute with a beer in hand in his celebrated "I'm not going to take it anymore" moment. "I call it the perfect storm of bad manners that created this...

Attendant in JetBlue Meltdown Pleads Guilty

By Steven HofferOct 19th 2010 – 12:16PM

(Oct. 19) --The cheers of "folk hero" have subsided and the emergency slide is re-secured in the airplane. Now JetBlue's infamous flight attendant Steven Slater -- who made arguably the most epic if not ill-advised "I quit" exit in recent memory -- has pleaded guilty to one count of felony attempted criminal mischief and...

JetBlue Attendant in Infamous Meltdown Avoids Jail Time

Oct 19th 2010 – 12:10PM
Seth Wenig, AP

Seth Wenig, AP

NEW YORK (Oct. 19) -- The JetBlue Airways Corp. flight attendant whose job-quitting meltdown landed him in court avoided jail time in a plea deal Tuesday that requires him to undergo counseling and treatment for a least a year. Steven Slater spoke politely and calmly as he entered a guilty plea to a charge of...

Plea Deal for JetBlue Flight Attendant Who Went Rogue?

Sep 7th 2010 – 11:52AM
Mary Altaffer, AP

Mary Altaffer, AP

NEW YORK (Sept. 7) -- The flight attendant accused of onboard antics that captured the nation's attention when he told off a passenger and slid down the plane's emergency chute with a beer will undergo a mental health evaluation with the aim of avoiding jail time in a possible plea deal. Steven Slater, dressed in a trim...

Attorney: JetBlue Flight Attendant Slater Resigned

Sep 5th 2010 – 3:58PM
Louis Lanzano, AP

Louis Lanzano, AP

NEW YORK (Sept. 5) -- A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday. Steven Slater left the job at JetBlue Airways Corp. on Wednesday, after he had been suspended...

Background on jetblue flight attendant

The JetBlue flight attendant incident was an altercation that occurred after JetBlue Airways Flight 1052, a flight from Pittsburgh to New York City on August 9, 2010, had landed.

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