Former Southwest Airline pilot sentenced after pleading guilty to lewd incident during flight
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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 obscene act during a flight he was piloting last summer, according to a news release from the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
According to the release, as part of a plea agreement, Haak, who was captain of a Southwest Airlines plane flying from Philadelphia to Orlando on August 10, 2020, admitted that once the airplane reached cruising altitude, he got out of the pilot's seat, undressed and "viewed pornographic media on a laptop computer," while still in the cockpit. During this time Haak also "engaged in inappropriate conduct" while a female First Officer, whom he had never met before the flight, continued her flight duties, according to the release.More Related News