JetBlue Issues $100 Vouchers to Customers on Infamous Flight

(NewsCore) - Normally you have to pay $100 to see a show, but travelers who took in JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater’s infamous meltdown will be paid for their seats to the theatrics, the airline confirmed Wednesday.

All 100 passengers on the Embraer 190 plane will receive a $100 voucher for future travel on JetBlue, spokesman Mateo Lleras said.

“As consistent with our longstanding policies we often provide vouchers to customers when they experience disruption or abnormal circumstances,” he said.

“This certainly falls under that,” he added dryly.

The 38-year old Slater became an internet sensation after he cursed at passengers, grabbed beer from the galley and fled out the emergency slide upon landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

He remains employed by JetBlue but is removed from duty pending investigation, Lleras said.

The incident stemmed from a fight between two women arguing over overhead space as Flight 1052 sat on a Pittsburgh tarmac, according to Slater's lawyer, Howard Turman, The New York Post reported.

One of the women had two bags, one of which was too large to fit, as she cursed to Slater. At one point she slammed the overhead bin door down on his head, Turman said.

Once the jet arrived at JFK, the same passenger agitated Slater by trying to take her other, smaller bag down before the pilot gave the OK for passengers to stand.

When Slater confronted her, she cursed at him and everyone else, demanding to get her checked bag back immediately, Turman said.

That was when Slater let loose.

He pleaded not guilty to reckless endangerment in a New York City court Tuesday.