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It could not be determined if Haak has a lawyer.Ĭopyright 2021 The Associated Press. Since learning of it, she said, Southwest cooperated with investigators. The airline spokeswoman said Haak left the airline before the company was aware of the incident.
The document did not indicate the circumstances and who might have witnessed the incident.Ī Southwest spokeswoman said no passengers witnessed the incident the pilots were the only people aboard aware of the incident. Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the plane during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, according to a one-page filing in federal district court in Maryland.Īccording to the document, which was dated Friday, Haak exposed his genitals in acts that began, continued and ended while flight 6607 on Aug. Haak any benefits he was entitled to receive as a result of his separation from (the airline),” Mainz said.DALLAS – Federal authorities have charged a former Southwest Airlines pilot with indecent exposure for an incident they say occurred during a flight last August. “Nonetheless, Southwest did investigate the matter and as a result, ceased paying Mr. Southwest spokesperson Chris Mainz said in a statement that the airline “does not tolerate behavior of this nature and will take prompt action if such conduct is substantiated.” Southwest only learned of Haak's behavior after he voluntarily left the airline, according to Mainz. 31, 2020, three weeks after the incident that led to the criminal charge. His last flight for the Dallas-based airline was on Aug. Haak, a resident of Longwood, Florida, was a Southwest Airlines pilot for 27 years until his retirement. The judge wasn't bound by that recommendation. He was charged in Maryland because it was one of the states that the aircraft passed over that day.įederal prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of probation without requiring Haak to register as a sex offender. Haak was charged in April with intentionally committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act in a public place, a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 90 days in jail. “As the plane continued its flight, Haak further engaged in inappropriate conduct in the cockpit, as the first officer continued to perform her duties as an assigned aircrew member,” the statement says. After the plane reached its cruising altitude, Haak got out of the pilot’s seat, “disrobed” and began watching pornographic material on a laptop computer in the cockpit, prosecutors said.
I never imagined it would turn into this in a thousand years,” Haak said during a remote hearing.įederal prosecutors said in a news release that Haak had never met the first officer before that flight bound for Orlando on Aug. Michael Haak exposed his genitals to a first officer and watched porn in the cockpit, prosecutors. “It started as a consensual prank between me and the other pilot. At the end of the engagement, everyone will see how their teams contribute to the bigger picture and. A retired Southwest Airlines pilot admitted to performing lewd acts during a flight last year. Former Obama pilot: TWA Flight 800 was not blown up by a faulty fuel. Though, the documents do not specify any further details about the exposure such as where it happened on the plane, how long it lasted, and who witnessed it. Prosecutors claim Michael Haak’s activities began, continued and were completed while the aircraft was in flight. Mark Coulson sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation and a $5,000 fine. The filing claims that on August 10, Haak intentionally committed an act of lewd, indecent and obscene exposure of his genitals in a public place while flying from Philadelphia to Orlando. Michael Haak, 60, apologized and expressed remorse for his actions before U.S. A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female first officer and watching pornography on a laptop during a flight from Philadelphia to Florida last year.
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