I know this doesn't qualify as *news, but it seems to be getting a good amount of coverage. I'm curious as to what's going to happen to the passenger, if anything, and how JetBlue will try to spin this.

Adding video to channels (News) - requested by Tymbrwulf.

So you when you endanger people simply because you can't behave accountably, as long as there's adolescent humor in it, TYT will give you unalloyed plaudits. Adulthood fail.

I love this guy. He endangered people only slightly, no more than drunk drivers who get misdemeanors at most... I say, if you charge this guy with a felony endangerment charge, then charge every DUI, every child neglect, every blah blah with the same.

And what of the battery from the passanger? Charge her with reckless endangerment too...

@Lawdeedaw
More unalloyed plaudits? A man-child who's not fit for any job with responsibility is only a "hero" to people who fit the same description. That's not in anyone's best interest.

He's 38 years old according to his MySpace profile and started working as a flight attendant in 1990, so that's 20 years on the job, not 28.

I think condoning his actions is a little bit over the top, but pressing criminal charges is massively worse in the opposite direction. People have limits, and when you push them far enough even a fairly small incident can be the last straw.

Teachers face crap like this all the time. Kids act up, but first we decide that corporal punishment is too harsh; smacking a troublemaker on the hand with a ruler might injure them. Next, we decide that you can't yell at kids either; we might hurt their feelings. Kick an out of control kid out of class? Nah, everyone pays for public education and we have "no child left behind", so that would be unethical. Meanwhile, kids figure out that teachers are losing any tools they once had to discourage or correct bad behavior, so they act up more often. And we wonder why it is so hard to find good teachers.

I'm sure it was just like that for this guy. A career full of dealing with assholes who are increasingly willing to ignore any instructions that you give to them because they increasingly realize that there are no consequences or repercussions. Again, I wouldn't go as far as to condone what he did, but I really hope that any and all criminal charges against him are dropped and that he winds up in a job where he doesn't have to deal with remorseless bastard customers.

And he'll get off on temporary insanity or something like it. Because let's get real... any job where a "customer" can cause a situation that could result in other people getting hurt and ends up hurting an employee and THEN telling that employee off after doing so.....people can only take that happening so many times in it's various states of disrespect.

I mean the dude was probably getting it from 3 sides, the passengers, his employers, and co-workers. And he's in a situation where he's supposed to enforce rules, but has no power to stop it once the flight is over unless they are going to ban that passenger from future flights.

And if this endangering people's lives, dude could have decided to do this mid-flight and let a few people get sucked out the hatch to show them that you probably don't want a bunch of pissed off people on a plane whether it's employees or passengers.

My opinion, the whole massive attitude is worse in general because of the economy and what not, but the "improved" security measures at airports aren't decreasing that. If they announced tomorrow that all security checkpoints and measures enacted since 9-11 were stopped that day, Im guessing people would sigh with relief and tear apart any would-be terrorist that would jeopardize their new "super-fast" airport experience. Right now they are just venting on poor schlubs like this guy because if they do it to anyone else, they'd probably be stuck on a no-fly list.

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@<A rel="nofollow" class=profilelink title="member since May 3rd, 2010" href="http://videosift.com/member/Lawdeedaw">Lawdeedaw
More unalloyed plaudits? A man-child who's not fit for any job with responsibility is only a "hero" to people who fit the same description. That's not in anyone's best interest.


I only say he is my hero because after 20 years of doing his job, some cunt-nosed ass clown woman has a gripe with the rules he is enforcing for the safety of everyone aboard the flight---and he says fuck you and your entitlement, btw, eat shiz and I am out of here!

I say entitlement is taken way to far by nearly everyone---this woman is just another example of entitlement at its prime. His response was born out of 20+ years dealing with dickheads who only worship themselves most of the time, and was a response against entitlement (Meaning he did not act as though he himself was entitled...)

I know we may disagree still, but thank you for the articulated approach you made. However, I will state that I have never, personal or job related, acted like this man. I have never lost it, fought with someone, got stoned, or drunk and was reckless beyond reasoning. Yes, I have lived a boring life... In fact, my life is the antithesis of this man's life.

Was this man, in his life, just like the woman he curses? Probably. But I can see the snap-crackle-pop... Ever see the movie Falling Down?

He's held up as a hero for doing what many people feel like doing from time to time but have enough sense not to.

It was entertaining, but probably not the best idea. On the other hand, if he solicits online donations for "legal fees" then he could probably end up a millionaire.

People keep calling him a hero. He's not a hero. Nothing heroic in running away from conflict. Everything about the situation is cowardice. From what he did, to the whole passive-agressive idol worship he's receiving.