The former JetBlue employee, who gained fame for how he abruptly quit his job in 2010, said he doesn't really use Twitter, but began suspecting something was up Thursday when friends began messaging him.
One friend texted him a screenshot of an article about the Twitter deactivation with the following caption: "I never thought anyone could top the flight attendant who slid down the emergency exit on his last day. The bar has been raised."
More than seven years ago, Slater reached his breaking point. After the landing of one particularly stressful flight, in which he got into an argument with a passenger, he took to the plane's PA system to declare he was "done," along with a string of profanities.