on monday when he had his infamous meltdown. slater is now facing criminal charges after his explosive rant over the plane's intercom. then you may recall he deployed the emergency slide and fled with beers. he's got a huge following now and we talked about that -- he talked about that on our affiliate wabc. take a listen. what do you have to say to all the people who say you're a hero? >> oh, it's so encouraging and so special. there's some really great people out there and i'm getting a glimpse of that. it's been a surprise because obviously i've been away for a little while so to come back to that -- >> what about your mom? your mom was so sweet. >> she's a wonderful woman. >> she said you may have had just a little breakdown. >> i can't go there right now. >> can't go there right now. >> i like how he said he had been away for a little while, being in jail and even though we don't have video, brianna, and probably won't have video from on the plane unless someone had a cell phone cameras, we do have the simulation magically courtesy of next media