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Female pilot sues Southwest Airlines after colleague dead-bolted door to the cockpit and stripped NAKED in front of her - and claims the company grounded her after she reported the incident
UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/05/2022 | Vanessa Serna and AP

Posted on 10/06/2022 9:43:13 AM PDT by DFG

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.

Christine Janning alleges that Southwest retaliated by grounding her after she reported co-pilot Michael Haak to the company and the FBI. Janning's suit also notes that Haak remained employed despite an alleged history of sexual misconduct and that managers disparaged her in memos.

Janning also alleges that the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association conspired with the airline and refused to support her after the August 10, 2020 incident. She is suing Haak for sexual assault.

'On the Flight, Cpt. Haak announced to Ms. Janning that this was to be his final flight, and that there was "something [he] wanted to do before retiring,' the lawsuit reads. 'Cpt. Haak then bolt-locked the cockpit door, in violation of Federal Law, such that only he and Ms. Janning were inside and such that no one else could enter.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airline; christinejanning; haak; janning; michaelhaak; sapa; southwest; southwestairlines
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1 posted on 10/06/2022 9:43:13 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

He did this during the flight?

Don’t they have to watch where they’re going?

I know there are autopilot and navigation aids, but don’t they still have to be in the cockpit to make sure everything is running smoothly?


3 posted on 10/06/2022 9:47:52 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DFG

” Cpt. Haak announced to Ms. Janning that this was to be his final flight, and that there was “something [he] wanted to do before retiring,’ ...”

The man just wanted to fly a plane naked once. Is that so much to ask, after all his years of service???


4 posted on 10/06/2022 9:48:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ping jockey

Just watched Dahmer on Netflix.. yeah.. just about anything seems possible after that.


5 posted on 10/06/2022 9:49:26 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ping jockey

“Very unusual. Not sure I am buying this one.”

That must be why the male pilot plead guilty.


6 posted on 10/06/2022 9:49:51 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Dilbert San Diego

once it is on autopilot at altitude.. yeah... it pretty much flies itself. Your just there in case something goes wrong.


7 posted on 10/06/2022 9:50:28 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Round Earther

it did happen in the cockpit....


9 posted on 10/06/2022 9:51:35 AM PDT by ghost of nixon
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To: DFG
Not sure why South West sacked her. Don't make much sense.


10 posted on 10/06/2022 9:55:10 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: DFG

Her response to his getting naked should have been, “You call that a joystick”?


11 posted on 10/06/2022 9:56:33 AM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: ghost of nixon

It was a ballsy move Mav.


12 posted on 10/06/2022 9:57:03 AM PDT by ALPAPilot
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To: DFG

Umm ... nope on this.


13 posted on 10/06/2022 9:57:19 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: DFG

Mike Haak. Say his name, using a Southie accent...


14 posted on 10/06/2022 9:57:26 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: DFG

Wait, Hunter Biden is a pilot? And he flies for Southwest?


15 posted on 10/06/2022 9:58:26 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: DFG

what a creep.


16 posted on 10/06/2022 9:59:18 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Just GET A JOB already. )
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To: DFG

I’ll take “things that never happened” for $500, Alex.


17 posted on 10/06/2022 10:00:21 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: DFG

During a flight.

Yikes.


18 posted on 10/06/2022 10:00:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DFG

Sheesh. Some people can be so sensitive. /s


19 posted on 10/06/2022 10:01:01 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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After 9/11 weren’t cockpit doors supposed to be locked? I don’t fly very often any more.


20 posted on 10/06/2022 10:01:11 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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