JetBlue Flight Attendant Jumps from Plane via Inflatable Slide and Other Famous Exits
This may be every flight attendant’s fantasy, but 38 year old Steven Slater (allegedly) actually lived it.
Flight Attendant and Air Rage
The JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh had landed at JFK, when flight attendant Slater reportedly got into an argument with a passenger; bad words were exchanged – apparently, very bad words, according to these tweets from a man who says he was a passenger on the plane and witnessed the whole thing:
“One of the flight attendants dropped an F-bomb on a passenger over the intercom as we got off the plane. That’s a new one.”
“Pissed-off lady demanded her bag, swore at FA. The FA swore back on intercom, quit job, left plane via emergency slide.” - on Twitter, 8-9-10
Slater, according to news reports, exited the plane on the slide with beer in hand. Now that’s an exit! However, it was marred somewhat by his later arrest at his New York area home.
Which makes me wonder: where were all those ex-cops and firefighters among the JetBlue flight attendants – shouldn’t they have put a stop to this? Or maybe it all just happened so quickly…
Other Famous Exits
Anyway, it got me to thinking about famous exits. Here’s a few I came up with (and please, let me know your favorites):
- Ellen DeGeneres exits American Idol, but does so nicely; no drama. Ho-hum.
- Anne Rice exits Christianity, with some drama; however, 15 minutes later, the buzz moves on.
- The Colts exit Baltimore in the middle of the night back in 1984; now we’re getting somewhere – an entire city is angry.
- Nixon exits the presidency, while the whole world watches -Â 36 years ago this week. It doesn’t get much more dramatic than this.
Eighteen Straight Whiskies
However, my favorite exit of all is writer Dylan Thomas’ and that’s because of the exit line that’s long been attributed to him – after his last night of “socializing” in New York’s White Horse Tavern:
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“I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record . . .” - Dylan Thomas, 1953
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A few days later, Thomas was dead. Meanwhile, back to the flight attendant – or is it former flight attendant? If Mr. Slater cares to comment, we’re all ears.
