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Steven Slater Pleads Guilty For Famous Meltdown In New York Court

Yahoo! News   COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer   First Posted: 10/19/10 02:53 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 07:05 PM ET

Yahoo! News:

NEW YORK -- The JetBlue Airways Corp. flight attendant whose job-quitting meltdown landed him in court avoided jail time in a plea deal Tuesday that requires him to undergo counseling and treatment for a least a year.

Steven Slater spoke politely and calmly as he entered a guilty plea to a charge of second-degree attempted criminal mischief, a felony, and a lesser charge of fourth-degree attempted criminal mischief.

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gino618
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05:59 PM on 10/19/2010
What - no frontpage placement to coincide with the same prominence this story got originally?

Where are all the fanatically outraged libs who were blaming all his problems on rude passengers who don't understand what it's like to have to deal with all the stress?

Turns out some of us were right. He was drunk, belligerant, and a jack@ss.
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KIVPossum
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03:40 AM on 10/20/2010
3 comments in 15 hours. When he pulled the stunt there were 10,000
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jdrourke
Snark is good for the soul...
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05:03 PM on 10/19/2010
Seems fairly reasonable to me, but the therapist ought to wear pads and a helmet just in case...

http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/dearest-rage-filled-flight-attendants/
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KIVPossum
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03:17 PM on 10/19/2010
Talk about getting off light
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