Steven Slater

Halloween costumes making a big entrance in 2010

2010-10-24 00:00:00

Ah, Halloween. The perfect escape from the humdrum of everyday fashion normality. For those who wait all year for the chance to cake on the makeup, dress like an '80s prom queen or change their names to Cullen or Compton and insert fangs, now is the...

JetBlue's Steven Slater: What's the right pitch for his TV movie?

2010-08-13 16:32:37

Bad reality show idea of the day: JetBlue quitter Steven Slater

2010-08-16 16:35:02

Your morning fashion and beauty report: 'Glee,' Gisele Bundchen and Beyonce

2010-08-13 16:32:18

American attendant disrupts flight to Chicago

2012-03-09 19:31:00

An American Airlines flight attendant reportedly disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas Fort/Worth en route to Chicago, saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash and ranting about the...

Do flight attendants really hate their passengers?

2011-08-09 00:00:00

When, exactly, did flight attendants stop caring about us? I ask for two reasons: First, because of the luscious new trailers for the upcoming TV show "Pan Am," which depicts svelte young stewardesses -- yes, that's what they were called back then --...

In praise of the disgruntled worker

2012-03-16 13:15:00

This is an ode to Greg Smith. A middling executive at Wall Street’s most powerful firm turned the global business press on its ear by leaving Goldman Sachs with a flourish, publishing an op-ed in the New York Times, calling the culture of the...

JetBlue flight attendant who discharged emergency slide sentenced to probation

2011-10-20 10:20:00

The former JetBlue flight attendant who soared to instant celebrity after deploying an emergency evacuation slide to dramatically exit an airplane in 2010 has been sentenced to a year of probation after completing a mental health treatment program. In...

Staff Q&A: What's the best way to quit a job?

2011-10-04 11:27:00

During the past week,�Joe Paterno was fired, Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner quit the Oscars and Greece’s prime minister stepped down. Just in case the trend continues, we asked our staff what they think is the best way to go out. •••...

Top buzzwords of 2010

2010-12-29 00:00:00

Actors have Oscars. Writers have Pulitzers. Astronauts have the moon. Words have … end-of-the-year lists. In terms of something to shoot for, a word can't aim much higher than inclusion on a year-end list of buzzworthy phrases. You've no doubt...

JetBlue Flight Attendant In Infamous Meltdown Pleads Guilty

2010-10-19 08:12:00

The flight attendant whose job-quitting meltdown landed him in court pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief on Tuesday and will undergo at least a year of counseling and substance-abuse treatment. "At the end of the day, I'm a grown-up and I...

JetBlue's unlikely flight attendant hero

2010-08-11 16:33:04

Former Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater turns rapper.

2010-11-18 06:30:19

On August 9, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater quit his job in surprising fashion. Witnesses say after landing in New York City, Slater got on the public address system, claimed he had just been called an obscenity by a passenger, grabbed two beers, and deployed the emergency shoot. He was

2010-11-11 04:09:43