Bill Briggs of MSNBC said that the incident " launched a fresh examination of the two-faced persona all flight attendants are asked to master : grinning snack server one moment , frowning rules enforcer the next . " Corey Caldwell , a spokesperson for the Association of Flight Attendants , said that while the association did not condone Slater 's behavior , it held concerns for flight attendants working longer hours for lower wages and for passengers carrying heavier bags due to fees on checked luggage . Sarah Keagle , a flight attendant who writes in the blog '' The Flying Pinto '' , said " Hopefully , " the incident " was an ' Aha ' moment for the traveling public . " Keagle argued that while flight attendants like dealing with most passengers , a few disruptive passengers make the job difficult . Kathy Sweeney , a flight attendant who worked for America West Airlines , said in an AOL Original article that " While I do n't agree with Steven Slater endangering passengers by ' blowing a slide ' ( let alone forcing JetBlue to pay about $ 10k to repack the slide ) , I can see how he snapped . " Rich Lowry has written that the incident represents " the value our culture puts on emotional expressiveness " drawing parallels between Capt. Chesley Sullenberger 's " unadorned professionalism " when he landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River with no deaths , and Slater 's " tantrum " which escalated into " an act of reckless endangerment "
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
JetBlue flight attendant incident