It has been reported that after jawing with a man upon landing in New York Monday, a JetBlue attendant vented over the plane's intercom, took a beer and slid down the emergency chute.

The flight attendant, identified as Steven Slater, 38, ran across the tarmac and left Kennedy International Airport, The New York Times has reported. He was arrested later at his home in New York.

Slater "had a smile on his face when the cops brought him out, like, 'Yeah, big deal,'" a neighbor, Curt Krakowski, told the Times.

It has also been reported that the likely career-ending incident started when a passenger got up to grab his luggage too soon after Flight 1052 landed after arriving from Pittsburgh, an unnamed law enforcement official told the Times. After the passenger swore at him, Slater allegedly responded in kind, then got on the plane's intercom and unleashed some more obscenities, concluding "It's been great!"

He paused to pick up a beer from a beverage cart before pulling the emergency chute lever, slid down to the ground, sprinted away to the employee parking lot and drove off.

He was charged with felony counts of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, the Times said.

A law enforcement official said, "When they hit that emergency chute, it drops down quickly within seconds. If someone was on the ground and it came down without warning, someone could be injured or killed."

According to the airline, it was cooperating with federal and local officials to investigate the matter. (With Inputs from Agencies)