VIDEO: Steve Slater's Ex-Wife Says He's "A Great, Fantastic Person"
Posted on Aug 12, 2010 @ 05:57AM
Steve Slater's ex-wife Cynthia Susanne told The Today Show Thursday that her ex-hubby’s a "consummate flight attendant" and a "stellar individual and a gentleman" who must have been provoked after a testy run-in with a rude passenger, to curse over the plane's PA system, activate an emergency slide, grab a beer and slide off the plane.
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Susanne was high school sweethearts with Slater -- the JetBlue fight attendant whose meltdown has become the talk of the country -- and their marriage lasted less than a year.
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After a passenger told the NBC show in a phone interview that Slater had been grouchy while tending to passengers on Monday's flight, Susanne said that as well as she knows the 38-year-old New Yorker, she does "not believe that he was rude to anyone.”
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Asked about the reports that Slater is a recovering alcoholic, Susanne said she doesn't "believe Steven to have a problem with alcohol or substance abuse ... he handled it beautifully if that's the case. Like I said, he's just such a great, fantastic person.”
Susanne said that the meltdown must have been an "indicative sign of how frustrated he must have been -- I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this passenger was a nightmare.”
Susanne said that flight attendants should be treated better than what she's witnessed.
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"They are not waitresses of the sky,” she said. “Not to serve you peanuts, but to help get you off that plane if there's an emergency ... they are there to save your life. They should have that respect.”
Susanne said she think Slater is "fantastic -- I know he will handle this with all the grace and humility he has. He’s in the bubble right now -- I know he will come through this just fine.”
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Oct 27, 2010 @ 06:50
Sep 07, 2010 @ 06:37
Jet Blue is one of the worst airlines in the USA. They have had repeated FAA violations with regard to sanitary conditions aboard their aircrafts.
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 2:47pm
The glaring lack of respect I've seen passengers have for flight attendants should have been dealt with years ago. Instead, these airlines have just made them professional victims. His head is cut from her slamming the overhead comp. door on him.
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 2:45pm
He has a wife .......I thought for sure that guy was gay.........wow
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 1:54pm
What the hell does his sexual preference have to do with this? Amazing.
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 2:46pm
What's with the drunken stepfather website linked above? ROL finally went over the ledge and fell into the pit of muddy iniquity.
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:13am
Jet blue...isn't that the one that held the passengers hostage without sanitary conditions or water? If the passengers had behaved as he did....they'd be charged with all sorts of legal infractions.
Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:13am