Flight attendant ‘instigated confrontation’

TWO women aboard a JetBlue flight said flight attendant Steven Slater, hailed by some as a folk hero, was rude to passengers and instigated the confrontation that resulted in his barrelling down an emergency chute from the plane and, ultimately, his arrest.

Marjorie Briskin, 53, said Slater blurted out an expletive during an otherwise normal conversation with a passenger over luggage.

Another woman Lauren Dominijanni, 25, said Slater was rude to her. She said he “rolled his eyes at me” when she asked for a wipe to clean up coffee someone spilled on her seat.