Folk Hero Steven Slater Breaks His Silence, Every Word He Utters Repeated Ad Nauseum Maureen O'Connor · 08/11/10 12:22PM Steven Slater—the JetBlue flight attendant who became a national treasure by quitting his job in a blaze of pissed-off, flamboyantly gay glory—has broken his silence. All the latest details on our hero and his plight.