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. She says Haak, a 27-year veteran of the airline, had used his seniority rights the previous day to bump another pilot who had been scheduled to command the flight. Pilot Christine Janning is suing Southwest Airlines and her ex-coworker after he pleaded guilty to stripping naked in front of her during a flight in August 2020 Michael Haak was a few weeks. 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. According to the lawsuit filed last week in Orange County, Florida, Janning had never met Haak before August 2020, when she was his co-pilot on a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando.
He pleaded guilty last year to a federal misdemeanor charge of committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act and was sentenced to probation. She also alleges that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conspired with the airline and refused to support her.
As the Southwest Airlines flight continued, Haak engaged in further inappropriate conduct in the cockpit. Michael Haak, 60, exposed himself to the female first officer in the cockpit and watched pornography on a laptop, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors had stated in a release at the time that First Officer Christine Janning had not previously met Haak before the flight incident. The former pilot has admitted committing a lewd, indecent, or obscene act during a flight last year. (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) was sentenced to one year’s probation for the federal misdemeanour and was subject to a 5,000 fine.
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