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. 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. (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. No further information has been released, including any updates on additional hearings.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The AP said that it doesn’t normally identify people who are victims of sex crimes but in this case, Janning, through her attorney, agreed to use her name. Janning said she went to the union but they allegedly did nothing. Janning claimed that a manager at Southwest had also sent a memo to a handful of employees discrediting her flying abilities. A Southwest Airlines pilot is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a flight attendant at a San Jose bar during an argument over wearing masks, authorities said. According to the AP, the FBI had to book her a flight back to Florida on United Airlines. Janning said that since she reported the incident to the FBI, Southwest allegedly grounded her and stranded her in Denver, Colorado. Janning then went to the FBI, who ended up charging him. She also apparently didn’t report the incident right away - instead, she did so about three months later but was told that since Haak had retired, the case was closed. Haak’s attorney also said that Janning had allegedly told him to go ahead, and made sexual advances.Īccording to the AP, Janning later learned that the flight she had with Haak wasn’t his last one because he flew for another three weeks afterward. Haak’s attorney told the AP that Janning was the one who asked Haak what he wanted to do before retiring and he had replied that he wanted to fly naked. He also allegedly took photos and videos of himself. Janning said he shut the door, put the plane on autopilot, turned on pornography and “committed a lewd act for 30 minutes,” according to the AP. When Janning reached for the cruising altitude on the plane, Haak allegedly told her it was his last flight as he was set to retire and he wanted to do something. Janning said Haak used his “seniority rights” to bump another pilot the day before because he had seen a woman was scheduled to co-pilot. The lawsuit was filed last week in Orange County, Florida, in which Janning said she had never met Haak until August 2020, when she was his co-pilot on a flight, according to the AP. The AP said they also reached out to Southwest and the union but did not hear back. Haak’s attorney spoke with the AP on Wednesday and said that his client had “disrobed only after Janning encouraged him to,” and nothing else had happened. According to the AP, Haak pleaded guilty last year to committing a lewd, incidence or obscene act, which is a federal misdemeanor.
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