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This unprecedented number of incidents has reached an intolerable level, with passenger non-compliance events also becoming more aggressive in nature." Southwest workers' union president, Lyn Montgomery, addressed CEO Gary Kelly in a letter, saying: "From April 8 to May 15, there were 477 passenger misconduct incidents on Southwest Airlines aircraft. The airline had intended to resume its alcohol service in June and reported waiting until at least July, due to the uptick in aggressions it has seen on flights.

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Mainz told CNN that the passenger was "repeatedly" ignoring standard in-flight procedures, such as tray tables and seatbelts, "and became verbally and physically abusive upon landing." On May 23, a Southwest flight attendant was struck in the face by a passenger, identified as Vyvianna Quinonez, on a flight from Sacramento to San Diego. The incident is not the only challenge that Southwest Airlines has faced recently. Nonetheless, Southwest did investigate the matter and as a result, ceased paying Mr.Haak any benefits he was entitled to receive as a result of his separation from The Company." Haak voluntarily separated from Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Mainz told Newsweek, "Southwest only learned of the alleged behavior after Mr. The flight was traveling from Philadelphia International Airport to Orlando International Airport. He and the first officer had never met prior to the flight. The statement from the Department of Justice added that "Haak further engaged in inappropriate conduct in the cockpit" while the first officer continued her in-flight duties. On August 10, 2020, after the plane reached cruising altitude, Haak, of Longwood, Florida, "got out of the pilot's seat, and while still in the cockpit of the plane, intentionally disrobed and viewed pornographic media on a laptop computer," according to federal prosecutors in Maryland. Michael Haak, 60, pleaded guilty on Friday to the charge and admitted to watching porn and exposing himself to the female first officer mid-flight. The union did not respond to a phone call seeking comment.A former pilot for Southwest Airlines was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $5,000 for a federal charge of committing "lewd, indecent, or obscene" acts during a flight. 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.