The memo also explained the apparent 25-minute delay in informing the police of the incident: "It isn't our policy to call police on a slide deployment; our policy is to treat the event as an emergency and implement our emergency response plan.
JetBlue CEO David Barger has said of Slater, "[He] is not a hero in my book," Barger called Slater's actions "an egregious act" that defied safety.