A Tale of Two Airline Heroes

By: emptywheel Wednesday August 11, 2010 10:10 am

You’ve heard about Steven Slater. He’s the Jet Blue flight attendant who got fed up, bitched out a nasty passenger over the flight intercom, grabbed two beers, then escaped via the emergency slide (the YouTube is the Taiwanese animation dedicated to his meltdown). And he’s become the latest hero to those who are fed up [...]

Sully Goes to Washington

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 24, 2009 9:45 am

Sully, the hero of the US Airways “Miracle on the Hudson” just told Congress we need to value labor more. Do you think they’ll listen?

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