as “a slap on the wrist.” Throughout the company, the suit says, the office was known colloquially as “the Charm School,” where “pilots caught in disreputable acts” would be sent “in an effort to avoid meaningful discipline and to keep their indiscretions out of the public eye. Haak was sentenced to one year of probation by U.S. He was accused of other sexual assaults and sexual harassment, such as exposing himself to flight attendants and other pilots in a hotel following a flight and disseminating nude photographs of his wife to flight attendants.Īt the time of those accusations, the suit says, Southwest pilots accused of sexual misconduct would be sent to an office in Montreal under Richardson Management Associates, Ltd. Michael Salnick, Haak’s attorney, said Haak took his clothes off as part of a consensual prank with the co-pilot. He was accused of forcing his way into a Southwest flight attendant’s hotel room in 2008 and sexually assaulting her, the suit says. History of assaultĪccording to the lawsuit, which was filed in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court for Orange County in Florida, Haak had been a pilot with Southwest since 1994 and had a history of misconduct accusations. “Our corporate culture is built upon treating others with mutual respect and dignity, and we plan to vigorously defend against allegations made in this recent complaint,” the airline’s statement said.
He then turned pornography on a laptop and masturbated in front of her for over 30 minutes until he ejaculated. It started as a consensual prank between me and the other pilot. Mark Coulson sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation and a 5,000 fine. Southwest Airlines pilot Michael Haak, 60, apologised. Michael Haak, 60, apologized and expressed remorse for his actions before U.S. A federal law enforcement official confirmed the FBI and other federal agents were. A pilot who watched porn and exposed his genitalia to a female officer on a flight to Florida has been sentenced to one year of probation. According to court documents, Haak and Janning were on a flight together in August 2020 when he locked her in the cockpit with him and stripped. Haak was allegedly piloting Southwest Airlines Flight 6607 directly from Pennsylvania to Florida on Aug. Haak pleaded guilty in May 2021 to intentionally committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act in a public place, which is a misdemeanor. However, the suit also implicates Southwest administration and the pilots’ union in alleged cover-ups of Haak’s misconduct and accuses Southwest of retaliating against Janning for reporting Haak.
The suit details Haak’s sexual misconduct, which he was sentenced for in 2021. Southwest Airlines covered up previous assault allegations against a pilot who locked his co-pilot in the cockpit with him and masturbated in front of her, according to a lawsuit filed by the co-pilot.Ĭhristine Janning, who lives in Florida, filed the suit in September against Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the Southwest Airlines pilots’ union and former Southwest pilot Michael Haak.
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