How do you amass nearly 20,000 Facebook fans in less than a week? You could try being a flight attendant who got so fed up with his job and dealing with ornery passengers that he quit over the airplane’s PA system and then made a dramatic exit through the emergency chute. That’s how Steven Slater did it.

The JetBlue flight attendant - or should that be former JetBlue flight attendant - reportedly told a passenger who was attempting to remove his bags from the overhead locker to sit down. In the process he was hit in the head by the bag or the compartment door. He demanded an apology but was called a “motherf**ker” instead.

Slater, 38, reportedly went on the airplane’s PA system and said: “”To the passenger who just called me a motherf**ker, f*^k you. I’ve been in this business 28 years, and I’ve had it.” He then grabbed a beer and his bags, slid down the inflatable emergency exit chute, made his way across the tarmac and into the terminal building at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and then drove home. He was later arrested at his home in Queens and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

His outburst has generated quite a bit of support online. His Facebook page has 19,769 fans at the time of publication, with thousands more following various support pages such as Free Steven Slater, the Steven Slater Tribute Page, the I Support Steven Slater page and I Hate the Motherf**ker Who Called Steven Slater a Motherf**ker page. There are reportedly some people claiming to be collecting funds for his legal defense but this has not been confirmed by Slater himself.

A poll of Huffington Post readers has 45% of readers declaring that “Steven Slater is my hero!”, 40%  saying “he could have handled the situation better, but I can understand his frustration” and just 15% opting for “what he did was reprehensible on every level. He should be fired.” But you can’t be fired, when you’ve already quit, right?


http://www.allfacebook.com/steven-slater-fans-2010-08

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/08/steven-slater-ends-flight-attendant-career-in-hilarious-illegal/

his fans on facebook are up to 80,000 now

that dude faces up to 7 years in jail and his 28 year career is over poor shmuk

yeah and the same topic is here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-495583.0.html

Steven Slater is my hero too. some passengers are just arseholes, I am one of his 190, 000 fans on facebook. and his bail is $2500. i'm sure he would be out in a couple days. He has a cult following already. so his career is just starting up!!

Heard on CNN that the dude wants his job back. . .

He apparently misses the skies 

But he hasn't been fired, technically. .

tekajibril:

190, 000 fans on facebook

I'm sure one of the reasons he's so popular now is that at times, when your boss is giving you sh.it, you just want to look him in the eye and say "f&ck you. .you can take your f&ckin job and stuff it up your f&ckin aass". And he had the courage to do something similar. .

oYaTo:


I'm sure one of the reasons he's so popular now is that at times, when your boss is giving you sh.it, you just want to look him in the eye and say "f&ck you. .you can take your f&ckin job and stuff it up your f&ckin behind". And he had the courage to do something similar. .

WORD!!

How is he 38yrs old and have been in the career for 28yrs? does that mean he started at 10? why will anyone in their right mind chose to end such a long career that way? who cares anyway, he can have a million fans on yashbook but when the bills start coming, he'll be somewhere filling out a job application.

prince_onx:

How is he 38yrs old and have been in the career for 28yrs? does that mean he started at 10? why will anyone in their right mind chose to end such a long career that way? who cares anyway, he can have a million fans on yashbook but when the bills start coming, he'll be somewhere filling out a job application.

As long as i know America, he is prolly gonna get a $5 million contract to do a reality show. truss me!

^^^^ So true.  He is simply going to  cash in  on his 5 seconds of fame.

On a second thought, you're right! if such number of people had the time to get on their computer, millions will just flip a Chanel if he gets on TV.