abruptly ended his career by swearing at a disgruntled passenger and then triggers the plane s escape chute to exit the aircraft. allan chernoff is monitoring this story. what s the latest? this flight attendant steven slater has certainly gone viral. it s gained thousands of fans by the hour. it s now about 40,000 and the free steven slater facebook page has more than 11,000 fans. slater at the moment is out of jail in the south prongs rngs that after appearing in court today to face felony charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. he d need to post bail of $2,500 and authorities say slate ler do so. all of this after he suffered a bruise on the head during an altercation with a passenger who also cursed him. he responded by getting on the plane s public address system, cursing the passenger. he then activated the emergency slide, grabs his luggage, a few