What's behind the boom? DailyFinance 's Danny King reports. Disgruntled JetBlue Employee Slides Into Fame : Steven Slater had no way of knowing that his momentary meltdown on board a JetBlue Airways ( JBLU ) aircraft Monday would render him an instant hero among America's overworked masses -- especially his fellow flight attendants. For its part, the New York-based airline was strangely silent for hours following the incident, which culminated in Slater making a hasty exit via the plane's emergency evacuation shoot. But on Wednesday afternoon the company broke its silence -- sort of. At its blog, BlueTales, JetBlue didn't refer to Slater by name, but, rather, wryly asked, "Perhaps you heard a little story about one of our flight attendants?" It added that it couldn't discuss details, but acknowledged that plenty of others had weighed in with comments. "Like, the entire Internet."