News 12 Long Island: The mother of a Jet Blue flight attendant leaps to her son's defense. Diane Slater says she understands why her son, Steven, snapped after a passenger cursed at him and apparently hit him with a piece of luggage. He's facing charges for deploying the slide. His mother, who lives in California, was also a flight attendant. She says if it were her, she might have snapped even more.
WTF!!!!????? Everyone is applauding this dude... really? I'm a little perturbed. I mean, he's supposed to have it together as a flight attendant, right? Publicly vilifying that passenger for disrespecting him and inadvertently assaulting him with her overhead carry-on bag was one thing, but jeopardizing the safety of all passengers, fellow co-workers and the ground crew, was in excusable! I'm sure his behavior was based, on no small part anyway, on the fact that he is a recovering alcoholic. The fact that he "swiped" two beers, before his grand exit from the aircraft, was clearly indicative of that. Coincidentally, the disgruntled flight attendant's mother is ill and this also weighed heavy on the poor guys mind. Dropping the "F" bomb several times could have been considered and pardoned as retaliatory and ultimately excused. Sanctions would have been imposed, maybe even a brief suspension would have been the more immediate punishment, but opening the emergency door and causing a security breech of that magnitude is just wrong in this terrorist crazed world/climate. His issues notwithstanding, the additional problems he's created for himself almost renders the nobel act null and void!
You know what would have been awesome is if he hacked into the computer and had Jetblue pay for everyone's ticket who flew that day. Yeah, hacking into the mainframe and disabling the operating system that pertained to charges would have been a real home run for everyone!! Sticking it to "The Man" always helps in regards to public opinion/support and this would have had the people cheering for him for days, weeks and weeks to come! Oh well, that's how I see it anyway... Be well!
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