The Moment

摘要

He didn't save lives or stop a terrorist or do anythingrnwe usually consider heroic. But Steven Slater-the JetBlue flight attendant who on Aug. 9 cursed out a passenger overrnthe p.a. after an altercation, then deplaned, with a beer, via the emergency slide-is our new folk hero of the skies. Slater's was not the most levelheaded course of action: he freaked out in front of passengers, abused aircraft equipment and was later arrested.