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BY RYAN SCHMIDT
ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO
What does cussing out airplane passengers, stealing a couple beers and sliding down an airplane emergency slide cost? It might depend on whether you’re a former airline attendant. New York 1 has the details.
“The former flight attendant who made the infamous exit from a JetBlue plane will serve one year of probation. Steven Slater completed his court-ordered treatment program yesterday. He will have to pay $10,000 restitution to JetBlue.”
Queerty.com contributor Daniel Villarreal asks if it was all worth it.
“Yes, it’s a lot to pay, but at least he’ll be remembered as a badass. Well, at least until the next awesome job abandoner comes along.”
The New York Post reports Slater says he won’t fly JetBlue again, but says he doesn’t have a problem with other airline companies. The paper has a quote from him which says...
“When I fly, it’s actually a lot of fun … It’s very celebratory. There’s a lot of high-fives. I’m usually in the galley with the crews. I still end up picking up trash. I end up serving passengers.”
Reporters for WNBC in New York say they’re going to miss all of the attention surrounding Slater’s stunt, and add say he’s done well to stay in the limelight.
“He was a celebrity for awhile, really in demand. Remember, they were selling those t-shirts? It’s going to be interesting to see what his second act is, but he had to finish this anger management course that he was taking.”
“You have to admit the guy may have a little bit of a point. He says when he writes a book, he wants to talk about just how difficult it is to be a flight attendant, some of the things they have to put up with. ... Hey, you never know what it takes for people to pull the chute, that’s all I’m saying.”
Reports say Slater has to pay his former employer more than $800 a month, but the only problem is the incident left him unemployed. Slater’s LinkedIn page says the memoir will be called Diary of a Mad Flight Attendant, where he recounts the trials and tribulations of 20 years in the skies.
Transcript by Newsy.
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