EXCLUSIVE: Flight Attendants To Raise Money For JetBlue's Steve Slater Legal Fees
Posted on Aug 10, 2010 @ 03:10PM
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who was arrested on Monday for his onboard antics, has become a hero amongst his flight attendant brethren and now they are banding together to try to help him.
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RadarOnline.com has learned that Delta flight attendants, who considers Slater their hero, is now creating T-shirts that reads, “Slater is our Hero” on the front and “Got Beer?” on the back and intends on selling them online beginning Wednesday.
The T-shirts will be selling for $10.00 with 10 per cent of the proceeds going towards Slater’s legal.
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Slater made a name for himself when he was arrested Monday after cursing at passengers over the PA system and then opening the airplanes emergency exit ramp, grabbing two beers and sliding down.
One flight attendant tells RadarOnline.com the whole industry is buzzing about the incident: “Trust me what he did is EVERY flight attendants dream! He really is a hero to us believe it or not, he lived our dream!”
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Another flight attendant, who has worked with Slater tells us, "Everyone has been working super hard this summer, business is picking up again for the first time since 9/11 cut backs, it’s so crazy. We think he just lost it. He really is a super nice guy."
Slater has yet to make his $2,500 bail and remains in custody. He faces up to seven years behind bars and is due back in court on September 7.
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The Daily Juice
Love Love Love him. Such a rockstar. Give him his own show. I want a t-shirt.
Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 11:00am
Please post the name, address, phone number and photo of the fish who threw the suitcase at Mary!
Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 5:34am
he's a hero not just to other flight attendants but all customer service employees who are socially/culturally/economically enslaved to take abuse from rude, petty twits.
Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 4:18am
I was totally on Slater's side until a report came out that said the jet WAS at the gate and the passengers were deplaning already. There is no reason Slater should have singled her out to sit back down. Jet Blue is not amused.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 8:28pm
Working with the public you have good days and bad days. I have been spit at, cussed out, and treated with disrespect. I would love to retaliate, but then you calm down. You should not be made into a hero for failing at your job.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 7:12pm
he did not fail at his job. he quit taking the abuse. why should he be treated like a slave? how much abuse does one person have to take before they are allowed to snap? the customer is NOT always right.
Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 4:23am
I never bought into the "customer is always right". Those of us dealing with the public take abuse from a FEW rude people. I still find most people to be nice and considerate. He has not served any purpose by throwing his own temper tantrum.
Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 9:09am
I guess I didn't realize that attendants were being verbally abused by the public on a regular basis. In all my flights I have never seen or heard anyone abuse an attendant. Give him probation already.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 6:33pm
Neither did I and in fact, in the last several years, I have had rude flight attendants as the standard. One, aggravated my kids didn't gather their trash quickly enough, snapped his fingers and said "move it people" and that was the nice one.
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 7:54pm
If he gets 7 years for that, there's something seriously wrong. Where's the charges against the woman who dropped her luggage on him?
Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 6:29pm