By Kevin McCauley
Steven "Slider" Slater, Jet Blue Airways' most famous flight attendant, is using Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman to sort through Tinsel Town opportunities.
The founder of Bragman Nyman Cafarelli PR and now head of Fifteen Minutes is doing media relations and serving as Slater's manager.
Bragman told The Hollywood Reporter that instant folk hero Slater "hit something in the zeitgeist" and that he understands that.
"Everyone is stressed, squeezed, and we all share and understand that. We all understand how hard we're working and how we don't seem to be getting ahead or being able to pay our bills," Bragman said.
The first task is to handle and resolve the criminal charges against Slater resulting from his decision to slide down a Jet Blue airplane's emergency chute.
According to Bragman, Slater has received offers from reality shows, books, personal appearances and product endorsements.
Of the airline experience, Slater told Bragman that when he worked for TWA he used serve Chateaubriand to passengers on flights to Europe but now he throws a "bag of Cheetos at someone who can't be bothered to take a shower before they get on an airplane."
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