Flight attendant's big exit was for good: JetBlue

Spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said Saturday that Slater is no longer employed by the airline. Slater's folk-hero status among tens of thousands of online fans had led some of them to urge the airline to keep him on.

The airline told employees in a memo that press coverage was not taking into account how much harm can be caused by emergency slides, which are deployed with a potentially deadly amount of force.

The former flight attendant still has to navigate the criminal justice system. He's been charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing; his lawyer has said a passenger's “lack of civility” prompted his behavior.

Despite Slater's online popularity, some passengers came forward to criticize him as brusque and cranky throughout the 90-minute trip from Pittsburgh to New York. One passenger portrayed Slater as the instigator, saying he cursed without provocation at a woman who had asked about her bag.

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