Who was the flight attendant who quit by deploying the emergency?
The ex-cabin crew in question was Steven Slater, who'd been a nearly three-decade cabin crew veteran working for the hybrid carrier before his exit in 2010. Here's a throwback into what happened and what Slater has been up to since then.
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