Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

Gay isn't a disease, its a genetic mutation.

Goldman Sachs will give him a job.

I don't think Big Gay Drama Queen Meltdown is in the DSM-IV yet.

Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

So if he had said "disease," why was he working and on board a flight?

/would you want your flying waitress to go psycho on you during a flight?

I dunno, a flying psycho waitress sounds kinda hot

I feel like literally telling everyone to fark themselves and going home was voluntary termination.

MBrady: /would you want your flying waitress to go psycho on you during a flight?

According to the Consumerist isn't that supposed to happen?

MBrady: Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

So if he had said "disease," why was he working and on board a flight?

/would you want your flying waitress to go psycho on you during a flight?

Well no, but the Unions will try to make it look like it was not his fault

I think his ex-wife and kids could probably add to this story.

The only one who didn't see that coming was Anne Frank.

THIS! Seriously, did anyone think this guy was coming back to work?

OH, and, you're not thinking of Anne Frank, I believe you're thinking of Amelia Earhart, the woman who used to stand for women's rights.

dahmers love zombie: I would think that Steven Slater is quite familiar with being shown the exit.

/nttawwt

That's not an exit that's a poopchute.

movieman_1979: The only one who didn't see that coming was Anne Frank.

THIS! Seriously, did anyone think this guy was coming back to work?

OH, and, you're not thinking of Anne Frank, I believe you're thinking of Amelia Earhart, the woman who used to stand for women's rights.

Nah, you're thinkin' of Anne Boleyn. Amelia Earhart lost her head.

/emphasis on "lost"

Maybe he can take up acting.

movieman_1979: OH, and, you're not thinking of Anne Frank, I believe you're thinking of Amelia Earhart, the woman who used to stand for women's rights.

And good luggage.

The airline Saturday canned the flight attendant who slid into folk-hero status last month when he jumped down a plane's emergency chute with beers in hand after telling off passengers at Kennedy Airport.


I like the cut of this man's jib. Sounds what I'd do except it would be a 5th of vodka and a doobie in my mouth.

For shame, JetBlue, for shame.

It took them this long to decide to fire him? C'mon, the second he mouthed off to a passenger he should have been asked to leave the plane and fired.

Still don't understand why this guy is a hero. Granted, I was on a cruise and didn't get to see any MSM coverage as it happened, but why is he a hero?

Doesn't the idea that he was trying to get his job back kind of diminish his dramatic quitting of his job?

Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

It must really, really suck for you to live in a world where people gathering to protect themselves from management is THAT farking scary.

Jet Blue is not Union (new window), so stop beefing about what the union is going to say. It is, however, nice to have someone to defend you, even if they have to go to ridiculous assertions to do it. Because when I get fed up I am liable to do just what he did.

It took them a month to fire him??

His 15 minutes are just about up.

The original story mentioned he took a blow to the head shortly before he popped open the emergency door. Was he ever evaluated for head trauma?

Only a matter of time until we see more news articles about him replying to JetBlue, saying that he doesn't need that job because he's going to be starring in his own reality show.

(shudders)

You know it could happen.

Battlestar Girlactica: Only a matter of time until we see more news articles about him replying to JetBlue, saying that he doesn't need that job because he's going to be starring in his own reality show.

(shudders)

You know it could happen.

Ya know, I wouldn't be amazed to see him on the next Surreal Life

WTFDYW [TotalFark] Quote 2010-09-05 04:17:26 PM

Yeah. The union thing the airline has to deal with.

>>>>

What union?

Why are a lot of U.S. male flight attendants gay? I traveled on Czech Airlines and Air France, and the guys on there appeared to be straight flight attendants, or at least weren't flamboyant like the male attendants you see on American flights.

StreetlightInTheGhetto:
Hmm. I'm torn between responding with this, which I always find fascinating (Wiki):

The fraternal birth order effect is the strongest known predictor of sexual orientation.[2] According to several studies, each older brother increases a man's odds of developing a homosexual sexual orientation by 28% - 48%.[3][4][5][6] The fraternal birth order effect accounts for approximately one seventh of the prevalence of homosexuality in men.[7] There seems to be no effect on sexual orientation in women, and no effect related to the number of older sisters.[8][9]

...

Anthony Bogaert's work involving adoptees concludes that the effect is not due to being raised with older brothers, but is hypothesized to have something to do with changes induced in the mother's body when gestating a boy that affects subsequent sons. An in-utero maternal immune response has been hypothesized for this effect.[5][18][14][19] The effect is present regardless of whether or not the older brothers are raised in the same family environment with the boy. There is no effect when the number of older brothers is increased by adopted brothers or step brothers.

The fraternal birth order effect appears to interact with handedness, as the incidence of homosexuality correlated with an increase in older brothers is seen only in right-handed males.[9][20][21][22]

Bogaert (2006) replicated the fraternal birth order effect on male sexual orientation, in a sample including both biological siblings and adopted siblings.[2] Only the older biological brothers influenced sexual orientation; there was no effect of adopted siblings. Bogaert concluded that his finding strongly suggest a prenatal origin to the fraternal birth-order effect.

Interesting theory there. I work in musical theatre, so I know a few thousand gay men (incidentally, one of whom is a flight attendant for Jet Blue, and one who was a passenger on this plane). I haven't done a thorough analysis, but the vast majority that I can think of, whose sibling situation I know, are either only children or the eldest brother. Not to say it isn't true, but it wasn't exactly a "eureka" moment when I read that.

skinink: Why are a lot of U.S. male flight attendants gay? I traveled on Czech Airlines and Air France, and the guys on there appeared to be straight flight attendants, or at least weren't flamboyant like the male attendants you see on American flights.

Better question. Why are female flight attendants on foreign airlines hot, while in the US they look like they've been ridden hard and put away wet?

Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

JetBlue Flight Attendants are Not Unionized..therefore they can not fight a termination..they agree when they join JetBlue that they are to be employed "At Will" and JetBlue reserves the right to Fire any Flight Attendant for any reason at any time.

SharkTrager: skinink: Why are a lot of U.S. male flight attendants gay? I traveled on Czech Airlines and Air France, and the guys on there appeared to be straight flight attendants, or at least weren't flamboyant like the male attendants you see on American flights.

Better question. Why are female flight attendants on foreign airlines hot, while in the US they look like they've been ridden hard and put away wet?

Special exemptions to hiring practices for some countries allow them to keep the hot ones and let the old crones go. Some are still like the old US airlines: too old - fired, get pregnant - fired, get married - fired, get fat - fired.... There was a good show on PBS about Singapore's airline. They had to change the law so they could only have the hot ones.

WTFDYW: There's always barber college.

Fark him


Better yet, Barber University. In Key West!

StreetlightInTheGhetto: lerry: Trance750: Wait until the Union files 'wrongful termination' lawsuits, citing some kind of 'disorder' or 'disease' prompted him to do what he did

Gay isn't a disease, its a genetic mutation.

Hmm. I'm torn between responding with this, which I always find fascinating (Wiki):

The fraternal birth order effect is the strongest known predictor of sexual orientation.[2] According to several studies, each older brother increases a man's odds of developing a homosexual sexual orientation by 28% - 48%.[3][4][5][6] The fraternal birth order effect accounts for approximately one seventh of the prevalence of homosexuality in men.[7] There seems to be no effect on sexual orientation in women, and no effect related to the number of older sisters.[8][9]

...

Anthony Bogaert's work involving adoptees concludes that the effect is not due to being raised with older brothers, but is hypothesized to have something to do with changes induced in the mother's body when gestating a boy that affects subsequent sons. An in-utero maternal immune response has been hypothesized for this effect.[5][18][14][19] The effect is present regardless of whether or not the older brothers are raised in the same family environment with the boy. There is no effect when the number of older brothers is increased by adopted brothers or step brothers.

The fraternal birth order effect appears to interact with handedness, as the incidence of homosexuality correlated with an increase in older brothers is seen only in right-handed males.[9][20][21][22]

Bogaert (2006) replicated the fraternal birth order effect on male sexual orientation, in a sample including both biological siblings and adopted siblings.[2] Only the older biological brothers influenced sexual orientation; there was no effect of adopted siblings. Bogaert concluded that his finding strongly suggest a prenatal origin to the fraternal birth-order effect.

And this:

Your mamma was a genetic mutation

So I'll just do both.

Junk Science - written he could continue getting grant money.

the_colonel: SharkTrager: skinink: Why are a lot of U.S. male flight attendants gay? I traveled on Czech Airlines and Air France, and the guys on there appeared to be straight flight attendants, or at least weren't flamboyant like the male attendants you see on American flights.

Better question. Why are female flight attendants on foreign airlines hot, while in the US they look like they've been ridden hard and put away wet?

Special exemptions to hiring practices for some countries allow them to keep the hot ones and let the old crones go. Some are still like the old US airlines: too old - fired, get pregnant - fired, get married - fired, get fat - fired.... There was a good show on PBS about Singapore's airline. They had to change the law so they could only have the hot ones.

Would it be possible to acquire a list of politicians whose platform includes adopting these types of regulations in the US that I might contribute to their campaigns?

HempHead: movieman_1979: OH, and, you're not thinking of Anne Frank, I believe you're thinking of Amelia Earhart, the woman who used to stand for women's rights.

And good luggage.

I am not sure that I would purchase luggage named after someone who was lost and never found. Seems kind of like a bad omen.

/denies involvement..

What was Jet Blue waiting for?

Somebody at Trans Air with a sense of humor hired a 6'2" black transvestite as a flight attendant. "Her" name was something like "Shampaine"