How Do You 'Hit The Slide' If You're a Writer?

Whether people think he's a diva or a hero, everybody's talking about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant. Annoyed by a reportedly rude and abusive passenger whose luggage hit him in the head, Slater made a dramatic exit from a plane at the end of a flight from Pittsburgh to New York City.

He not only announced how fed up he was on the intercom, he grabbed a beer from the beverage cart and left via an emergency slide.

What a way to quit a job, but how do you hit the slide if you're a ...