Fed-up JetBlue flight attendant drops intercom F-bomb, screams, 'I've had it,' bolts plane
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You and ever body else would not be talking about it
It would be a non-issue. His exit is the result of your interest
and appeal
Harry Callahan
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Also most likely his own tv show, millions of dollars, maybe a spokesman for another airline. Yep sounds like hero to me
N965VJ
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Better go arrest all the FAs on the ramp in LAS getting on and off the hotel shuttle then.
If I had to read all the teenage airline CEOs posting from their mom's basement on Airliners.nut, I would go funny in the head too.
Time and time again, no one is expressing anger at the 2 passengers who started all of this, esp. the one who injured him with her bag. And the fact that JB gave vouchers to everyone, including the person who violated FARs by getting up during taxi, pulling her bags out and injuring Steve is mind boggling. Everyone on my crew on my last trip gave Steve the thumbs up. We now have a new term when passengers abuse us, "getti'n the jetblues." I'm not saying what he did was right, but some of us at one point of our careers have thought about doing what he did.
With all of the great Flight Crews out there, it's a crying shame this knucklehead is going to be the poster boy for onboard conflict management. When the facts come out about what really happened on the plane and how unstable this guy was to start with, I can't imagine anyone who views themself as a service/safety professional lining up to join his fan club.
TWskyliner
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B6 internal memo obtained by NBC New York (PDF)
Of note, the aircraft had been blocked in for five minutes before the cockpit reported a slide deployment.
Of note, the aircraft had been blocked in for five minutes before the cockpit reported a slide deployment.
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I personally agree with the company's summation of the wrongfulness of the intentional slide deployment.
As I posted earlier in this thread Mr. Slater could have quit and even made a dramatic announcement and all that would have been done from a damage point of view would be PR and dealing with the customers that had just arrived at JFK. The slide deployment was unsafe and it also costs a great deal of money to replace the slide because normally that aircraft would have been flying elsewhere and now it had to be taken out of service and the slide replaced. This equates to a significant loss to B6 due to an unconscionable and unprofessional act by a professional flight attendant.
I agree that there are rude and uncaring customers who only think of themselves. Some violate FAA directives and get up during taxi in or before the Fasten Seatbelt light is extinguished by flight deck. The FA's have options available to them to deal with these situations, including filing out company safety or flight irregularity forms. But the FA's also have a FAA duty to remain with the aircraft until all passengers have deplaned or, in the case of a continuing flight, there are sufficient FA's on board to supervise the cabin once all deplaning passengers have left the aircraft. Mr. Slater's actions have technically violated the applicable FAR's and company policies, which themselves carry the weight of FAR's when dealing with operational matters.
Mr. Slater may be a folk hero, but he is no hero of mine because of the way he comported himself in his final minutes of that flight.
As I posted earlier in this thread Mr. Slater could have quit and even made a dramatic announcement and all that would have been done from a damage point of view would be PR and dealing with the customers that had just arrived at JFK. The slide deployment was unsafe and it also costs a great deal of money to replace the slide because normally that aircraft would have been flying elsewhere and now it had to be taken out of service and the slide replaced. This equates to a significant loss to B6 due to an unconscionable and unprofessional act by a professional flight attendant.
I agree that there are rude and uncaring customers who only think of themselves. Some violate FAA directives and get up during taxi in or before the Fasten Seatbelt light is extinguished by flight deck. The FA's have options available to them to deal with these situations, including filing out company safety or flight irregularity forms. But the FA's also have a FAA duty to remain with the aircraft until all passengers have deplaned or, in the case of a continuing flight, there are sufficient FA's on board to supervise the cabin once all deplaning passengers have left the aircraft. Mr. Slater's actions have technically violated the applicable FAR's and company policies, which themselves carry the weight of FAR's when dealing with operational matters.
Mr. Slater may be a folk hero, but he is no hero of mine because of the way he comported himself in his final minutes of that flight.
Additional information to digest.
http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2010/08/13/was-jet-blue-slide-incident-caused-by-head-injury/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
He was almost hysterical.”
All of these behaviors—impulsivity, clumsiness, confusion, disorientation, irritability, “out of character” behavior—can be head injury symptoms. When the brain gets hit, the outer regions that prevent people from doing things, like telling off customers, quitting work and activating the emergency slide to make a dramatic exit, are often the first to be affected.
http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2010/08/13/was-jet-blue-slide-incident-caused-by-head-injury/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
He was almost hysterical.”
All of these behaviors—impulsivity, clumsiness, confusion, disorientation, irritability, “out of character” behavior—can be head injury symptoms. When the brain gets hit, the outer regions that prevent people from doing things, like telling off customers, quitting work and activating the emergency slide to make a dramatic exit, are often the first to be affected.
It is reported on the Morning Show that he already had those injuries before the incident. I think there is more to the story.
Yes, he is in deep you know what. Hero, not in my book. The REAL Hero's were on those 9/11 flight's. He is an idiot.
LD3
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Will JB seek to prosecute Slater for intentionally blowing a slide that is as dangerous as a gun? If their willing to seek prosecution against passengers for endangering crewmembers, then the same should be true for crewmembers endangeriing any crewmember that may have on the ground...What he did with the slide deployment was stupid stupid stupid....
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