Well, That's one way to call it quits....

double_d said:
Agreed. It takes a certain type of guy/gal to handle it day in and day out.

This is legendary stuff. Forget just walking off and up the jetway...tell them how you really feel, grab a couple brews, and pop the slide to freedom. AWESOME.
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I can't say there wasn't a time or two in 2005 during bankrupt-a-palooza when I was tired of the negativity from the crew. I just wanted to open the cockpit door, walk to the back of the airplane, drop the airstair, walk across the ramp, jump the fence, throw my ID over the Virginia Avenue gate and go over to Spondivits for a 32-ouncer! :)
 
Doug Taylor said:
It's a job I wouldn't want to do either. I just don't have the patience to deal with people!

Generally most passenger problems, people see the pilots as the 'final' authority so whenever I have to intercede in a situation, it's pretty simple. But if a passenger were to go on and on and on about a situation where a decision was already made, I'd probably want to deploy a slide and send them barreling off the airplane..
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This is one of the rare, unique advantages to flying the Embraer 145.

No slides.

"Watch yer step on the way out, bitch!" :bandit:
 
I'm not sure why everyone thinks this guy is a hero.

Now, I find the story quite amusing, but at the same time, this guy is a complete moron. Yes, I have wanted nothing more than to belt someone in the face, or just grab my bag, ditch the airplane, and go home because I was so fed up. However, I did not... because I have restraint. It's something I learned as a child, that throwing a temper tantrum will get you nowhere. Apparently, this guy did not learn that little fact of life.

So now, he will be going to jail. I doubt he'll make NJC unless someone decides to pay his bail. I hope his little escapade was worth it. If it was really that bad, why not just get to the gate and quit? At least then you can go home and have all the beer and shagging you want, without the police showing up at your door.

At least he didn't snap and come to work with an AK-47 and start blowing people away. Which is typically what happens these days when people "have had enough." :rolleyes:
 
FlyChicaga said:
I'm not sure why everyone thinks this guy is a hero.

Now, I find the story quite amusing, but at the same time, this guy is a complete moron. Yes, I have wanted nothing more than to belt someone in the face, or just grab my bag, ditch the airplane, and go home because I was so fed up. However, I did not... because I have restraint. It's something I learned as a child, that throwing a temper tantrum will get you nowhere. Apparently, this guy did not learn that little fact of life.

So now, he will be going to jail. I doubt he'll make NJC unless someone decides to pay his bail. I hope his little escapade was worth it. If it was really that bad, why not just get to the gate and quit? At least then you can go home and have all the beer and shagging you want, without the police showing up at your door.

At least he didn't snap and come to work with an AK-47 and start blowing people away. Which is typically what happens these days when people "have had enough." :rolleyes:
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Kill joy!
I'll bet you sit around and practice writing speeding tickets for fun. :p
 
How about pulling someone's shirt over their head by the collar and pummeling them into a bloody pulp? :)

That imagery is just satisfyin' when I love patience with people on the internet! :)

"Doug Taylor Kicked My Ass! For REAL!"
 
Firebird2XC said:
Kill joy!
I'll bet you sit around and practice writing speeding tickets for fun. :p
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:yeahthat: :D

Sure, some oblivious excitable boob could have seen the flight attendant go down the slide and decided he better evacuate (vacate?) as well. And the next thing you know, jetBlue is having to replace an engine.

Fortunately that didn't happen. There is a lot about this story that could have had (or will have) a darker side. I'm celebrating it in the abstract ... a manifestation of feelings into action, not that they should be enacted. :)
 
FlyChicaga said:
I'm not sure why everyone thinks this guy is a hero.

Now, I find the story quite amusing, but at the same time, this guy is a complete moron. Yes, I have wanted nothing more than to belt someone in the face, or just grab my bag, ditch the airplane, and go home because I was so fed up. However, I did not... because I have restraint. It's something I learned as a child, that throwing a temper tantrum will get you nowhere. Apparently, this guy did not learn that little fact of life.

So now, he will be going to jail. I doubt he'll make NJC unless someone decides to pay his bail. I hope his little escapade was worth it. If it was really that bad, why not just get to the gate and quit? At least then you can go home and have all the beer and shagging you want, without the police showing up at your door.

At least he didn't snap and come to work with an AK-47 and start blowing people away. Which is typically what happens these days when people "have had enough." :rolleyes:
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How did he throw a tantrum? He simply refused to be treated like that anymore and left. I've told a former boss to F-off before on my way out, and I wasn't the least bit angry.

Some choose to let people walk all over them their entire life. That's their choice, and they have their reasons. Others have more pride than that.
 
Murdoughnut said:
How did he throw a tantrum? He simply refused to be treated like that anymore and left. I've told a former boss to F-off before on my way out, and I wasn't the least bit angry.

Some choose to let people walk all over them their entire life. That's their choice, and they have their reasons. Others have more pride than that.
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Dude, there is a lot of other ways to express your discontent and tell someone to screw off than to pop and emergency slide, steal some beers, and run across an airport to the employee lot. I don't take much crap from anyone anymore, because I have too much pride in myself to let someone try and walk all over me. However, I would never be an idiot about it.

Like I said, I find this quite hilarious... But at the same time, this guy shouldn't be lauded as a "hero." What did he gain? He's got a Facebook fan page, he's sitting in jail, and he'll probably have a couple TV interviews between Snooki and Flava Flav after he gets out.

[/killjoy]
 
Murdoughnut said:
How did he throw a tantrum? He simply refused to be treated like that anymore and left. I've told a former boss to F-off before on my way out, and I wasn't the least bit angry.

Some choose to let people walk all over them their entire life. That's their choice, and they have their reasons. Others have more pride than that.
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+1. He could started beating the guy to a bloody pulp, or gone to get a gun and come back trying to take out as many as he could. Did he think that his actions would have gotten him arrested? Probably not and I think he'll make bail just fine. I also tend to think that the charges will be plead down to something that is ridiculous and ultimately insignificant...except for every flying again.
 
FlyChicaga said:
Dude, there is a lot of other ways to express your discontent and tell someone to screw off than to pop and emergency slide, steal some beers, and run across an airport to the employee lot. I don't take much crap from anyone anymore, because I have too much pride in myself to let someone try and walk all over me. However, I would never be an idiot about it.

Like I said, I find this quite hilarious... But at the same time, this guy shouldn't be lauded as a "hero." What did he gain? He's got a Facebook fan page, he's sitting in jail, and he'll probably have a couple TV interviews between Snooki and Flava Flav after he gets out.

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Like this?

[WARNING - EPIC WIN ATTACHED]

http://thechive.com/2010/08/10/girl-quits-her-job-on-dry-erase-board-emails-entire-office-33-photos/
 
One of the FA's in here is friends with one of the FA's that was on that flight. Gossip city! :)
 
Goodspeed said:
A JetBlue flight attendant at Kennedy Airport Monday afternoon activated an emergency slide after a confrontation with a passenger on a plane, grabbed cans of beer from the aircraft's galley and slid down the chute
before eventually driving home, officials said.

Steven Slater, 39, ran into the airport terminal and then drove to his home in Belle Harbor, Queens, officials said, where Port Authority Police detectives later arrested him. He's being held at JFK pending arraignment on charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief, police said

later on in the article...

Phil Catelinet, who said on his blog that he was on the flight, wrote that he saw Slater in the AirTrain terminal after the flight. He wrote: "As we rode the AirTrain to Jamaica Station, he talked about how he'd been a flight attendant for 28 years and he was fed up with this passenger who had a bag problem.

"When we got off at Jamaica, the flight attendant went one way (to the parking lot) and the other passenger walked with me toward the Long Island Rail Road. I asked him if I'd heard correctly that this flight attendant had used the emergency slide to get off the plane, and he confirmed it."



I'd snap too if I had been a flight attendant since age 11?!? Also, the air train that goes to the LIRR is not near the employee parking lot.

I love how the media will report anything off some random guys blog.

News media fail
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Not to mention the stress of "serving as chairman of JetBlue’s uniform redesign committee."
 
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At least he knew the correct procedure.
 
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/08/10/new.york.escape.chute.opened/?hpt=C2

(A blogger onboard said) that Slater looked cool after his unorthodox deplaning -- during which he had the presence of mind to toss his carry-on luggage down the chute before he slid away.
"He had flung his tie off ... he said, 'I quit my job. I'm done with this.' And he was happy. It wasn't like he was mad. He seemed relieved and excited that this career was, you know, taking a new turn,"
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Kinda reminds me of the movie Office Space.
 
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