A Jet Blue flight attendant, who had enough after a dispute with a passenger, has become an overnight folk hero for telling off a rude passenger with an expletive-laced tirade over the plane's intercom, and then dramatically exiting the plane by activating and sliding down the emergency-evacuation chute --after grabbing a beer from the beverage cart.
The dispute began Monday on the tarmac of Kennedy International Airport in New York after a passenger stood up to get his belongings from the overheard compartment. Flight attendant Steven Slater asked the passenger to sit down, but the passenger continued to pull down the luggage, which hit Slater in the head. When Slater asked for an apology, the passenger cursed at him. Slater returned the words over the plane's P.A. for all passengers to hear, adding of his 20 years in the airline industry, "It's been great!" He fled to his home in Belle Harbor, Queens where he was arrested by police and charged with felony counts of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment.
Later in the day, Slater started a Facebook page that more than 2,000 "likes." Among his favorite pages --- "Quitting your crappy job" and "JetBlue Airways."
Make sure you stop by COLTS CITY on the Campus of Anderson University and look for the MAX/Modern Trailer Sales RV at Colts Training Camp!! I'll be there today from 3-5 p.m. with a MAX Road Show.
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Randy gets a high-five from 4-time MVP Peyton Manning...or so it seems!
Randy talks to Colts play-by-play guy Bob Lamey and President Bill Polian on the team's return to Anderson University for Training Camp 2010.
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