New Job for Steven Slater? Disgruntled Jet Blue Flight Attendant Meets Barry Manilow!

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The famous flight attendant who literally slid out of his job recently, met Barry Manilow following his Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall appearance on Saturday.

By Jeff Schwachter

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Barry Manilow performed with the New York Pops on Saturday, Aug. 14 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Photo by Donald B. Kravitz

Jet Blue flight attendants, don't get any ideas.

If you're thinking about quitting your job, you might not get as lucky as Steven Slater, the infamous Jet Blue flight attendant who quit his job prior to an Aug. 9 flight after getting into a heated argument with a passenger.

According to reports and described by US magazine, Slater quit, "gave an expletive-laden rant over the loudspeaker, activated the emergency chute and slid down with two beers in hand."

Slater has become a folk hero of late and takes the theme of the great David Allan Coe tune "Take This Job and Shove It" to new "heights."

Somehow Slater got the V.I.P. treatment during Barry Manilow's Aug. 14 concert at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Slater, a "Fanilow" as they call Manilow fans, is pictured with Manilow after the Atlantic City show on the US magazine Web site.

According to the site, Slater is a huge fan.

Here is the pic from usmagazine.com: