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Flighty or Folk Hero? Jury's Still Out on Steven Slater

Steven Slater gained instant notoriety Monday after he apparently hurled a profanity-laced rant at a female passenger via intercom during his shift as a JetBlue flight attendant -- shocking passengers -- then grabbed two beers and slid down the plane's emergency chute yelling "I’ve had it!"Now he is facing felony charges, and is being pitied by some as an unstable recovering alcoholic, while being praised by others as a hero for staging a sort of airplane version of "Office Space" -- sticking it to his bosses in a dramatic exit from the Embraer E190 jet carrying 100 passengers. But just who is this guy? The enigma that is Slater may be too complex to unravel.Slater, 38, has now acquired an impressive fan base on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, while authorities have charged him with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment after his bizarre stunt on the tarmac at New York’s Kennedy Airport.Slater, who has no known criminal past, grew up in Thousand Oaks, Calif., w...

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  1. Fed-Up Former JetBlue Flight Attendant Sentenced to Probation

    A fed-up flight attendant whose spectacular exit down an emergency chute made him a national sensation completed his court-ordered treatment program Wednesday and wa...

  2. Inside the Mind of the JetBlue Flight Attendant

    On Monday, JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater lost control in a big way.After the plane he was working on landed, Slater instructed a passenger to wait to take ...

  3. Inside the Mind of the JetBlue Flight Attendant

    On Monday, JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater lost control in a big way.After the plane he was working on landed, Slater instructed a passenger to wait to take ...

  4. You Decide: Does Steven Slater deserve his instant celebrity?

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  6. JetBlue Flight Attendant Admits to 'Slow Burn'

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  7. JetBlue Flight Attendant's Big Exit Was for Good

    NEW YORK -- Sometimes there's no going back.JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater -- who captured the nati...

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