The union did not respond to a phone call seeking comment. Southwest said it supported Janning and that it would “vigorously defend” itself against the lawsuit. Haak’s attorney, Michael Salnick, said Wednesday that his client disrobed only after Janning encouraged him to, never did anything else and that there were no previous incidents. Michael Haak was the pilot in command on the Aug. Michael Haak, who is no longer a pilot for Southwest, was criminally charged with exposing his genitals mid-flight, according to documents filed April 2 in Maryland federal court.
He pleaded guilty last year to a federal misdemeanor charge of committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act and was sentenced to probation. A Southwest Airlines pilot has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation and has been ordered to pay a 5,000 fine due to a lewd act on a flight from Philadelphia to Florida on August 10th, 2020. A former pilot for Southwest Airlines has been charged for allegedly exposing himself on an August flight. She also alleges that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conspired with the airline and refused to support her. A former Southwest Airlines pilot has been charged with allegedly exposing himself during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando in August. (AP) - A Southwest Airlines pilot is suing the company, her union and a former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to dead-bolting the cockpit door during a flight and stripping naked in front of her.Ĭhristine Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported Michael Haak to the company and the FBI, that it kept him employed despite an alleged history of sexual misconduct and that managers disparaged her in memos. Michael Haak, 60, a Longwood resident who worked as a commercial pilot for Southwest, was ordered to pay a fine of 5,000 and given a year of probation by a federal judge for indecent exposure.
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