It said that, as a result, it had ceased paying him any benefits he was entitled to following his retirement. A spokesman said the company had only learned of the incident after Haak had voluntarily left the airline. In a statement, the airline said it did not tolerate "behaviour of this nature and will take prompt action if such conduct is substantiated". Haak, of Longwood, Florida, was a pilot with Southwest Airlines for 27 years before retiring at the end of August last year. US Magistrate Judge J Mark Coulson told Haak that his behaviour had had a traumatic effect on the first officer and could have affected the safety of passengers. I never imagined it would turn into this in a thousand years." In a statement via video link, Haak apologised for his behaviour, adding: "It started as a consensual prank between me and the other pilot.
He pleaded guilty to intentionally committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act in a public place. Haak was charged in Maryland because it was the state that the plane was flying over at the time. Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the. Haak had never met the first officer prior to the flight, they added.Īssistant US Attorney Michael Cunningham said the co-pilot "had a right not to be subjected to this kind of behaviour, regardless of what may have motivated it or prompted it", the Associated Press reported. Federal authorities have charged a former Southwest Airlines pilot with indecent exposure for an incident they say occurred during a flight last August. "Haak further engaged in inappropriate conduct in the cockpit, as the first officer continued to perform her duties," federal prosecutors said in a statement.
When the flight reached cruising altitude, Haak got out of the pilot's seat, "intentionally disrobed" and watched pornographic media on a laptop. Former Southwest Airlines pilot Michael Haak, 60, was sentenced to one year of probation last week after pleading guilty to committing a lewd, indecent, or. The incident happened during a flight from Philadelphia International Airport to Orlando International Airport on 10 August 2020, the court heard. Michael Haak, 60, exposed himself to the female first officer in the cockpit and watched pornography on a laptop, prosecutors said.Īs the Southwest Airlines flight continued, Haak engaged in further "inappropriate conduct" in the cockpit.Ī judge in Maryland sentenced him to one year's probation and ordered him to pay a $5,000 (£3,500) fine.
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