folk-hero

NEW YORK — The renegade flight attendant who cursed out a passenger and emergency-chuted to folk-hero status thanked the world for its support and said he wants to go back to work.

Steven Slater, Jet Blue Flight Attendant, Wants To Return To Air 2010

NEW YORK mdash; The renegade flight attendant who cursed out a passenger and emergency-chuted to folk-hero status thanked the world for its support and said ...

Steven Slater, Jet Blue Flight Attendant, Wants To Return To Air 2010

Already, Slater's folk-hero status is taking a hit from the passengers who were with him on that flight from Pittsburgh to New York.

Flying is a pain for everyone, so why does Steven Slater get to throw a tantrum? 2010

While JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater may be enjoying folk-hero status for his dramatic exit from a flight Monday after an alleged altercation with a passenger, incidents involving disruptive passengers are, in fact, up, according to a report by the International Air Transport Association.

In Flight, More Dust-Ups 2010

To the relief of most bosses, few employees garner as much media attention (or folk-hero status) as now-famous JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater did when they quit their jobs.

Chutes 2010

America's enduring obsession with the folk-hero outlaws and gangsters of the 1930s is about to get ratcheted up a few notches.

A Little Depp'll Do Ya! Johnny Gets His Gun 2009

At present, Zhang Dali is treasured by his people as a folk-hero, whose paintings sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars here in the United States.

Paige Donner: Greening Hollywood: L.A. Art Show's Visually Moving Feast 2009

America's enduring obsession with the folk-hero outlaws and gangsters of the 1930s is about to get ratcheted up a few notches.

A Little Depp'll Do Ya! Johnny Gets His Gun 2009

Was she reaching for some sort of high moral ground, or just trying to tug an emotional heartstring in her boomer constintuency, or most likely simply associating her campaign with the dead folk-hero.

Obama Camp: We Accept Hillary's Apology; Let's Move On 2009

I think it was a misguided attempt to associate her campaign with that of a (dead) liberal folk-hero, rather than a Freudian slip about her secret desire to see someone whack Obama.

Obama Camp: We Accept Hillary's Apology; Let's Move On 2009