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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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To: circlecity

.....aaaaaaand, the photographic proof.


21 posted on 10/06/2022 10:01:48 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: DFG

Anyone have that George Constanza “Was that wrong?” meme pic?


22 posted on 10/06/2022 10:02:30 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: DFG
This kind of thing is why you should always carry. And pepper spray.

Spray naked dudes junk and he will have something else to think about.

23 posted on 10/06/2022 10:02:51 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: circlecity

It never happened so much that the guy pled guilty to it last year.


24 posted on 10/06/2022 10:03:08 AM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: DFG

Did he ask: “Have you ever seen a grown man naked?”


25 posted on 10/06/2022 10:03:57 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: DFG

As for grounding her, depends on how hysterical she was when she reported the incident. Could be the higher ups found her mental status unsafe for cockpit duty.


26 posted on 10/06/2022 10:04:01 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Ron DeSantis is Top Gov)
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To: DFG

Well, was he at least wearing a Mask?
...on his face, I mean.


27 posted on 10/06/2022 10:04:06 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: circlecity

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

Are you sure you want to make that a Daily Double?


28 posted on 10/06/2022 10:04:41 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Michael.SF.

You win the thread.


29 posted on 10/06/2022 10:05:20 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: DFG
who pleaded guilty last year to dead-bolting the cockpit door during a flight and stripping naked in front of her.

Sounds like a Biden

30 posted on 10/06/2022 10:05:45 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Boogieman

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

Etiquette requires asking the other party if they like gladiator movies before doing so.


31 posted on 10/06/2022 10:05:57 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: DFG

Is there a cockpit surveillance camera onboard? Does she have proof that the incident occurred as she stated? A phone vid maybe?

I don’t say she is lying, but it is always a possibility.


32 posted on 10/06/2022 10:07:45 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: circlecity
He admits it and there are photos.

Whether he did the rest of it is speculative but that he took off all of his clothing is beyond doubt.

33 posted on 10/06/2022 10:08:50 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: JimRed

...and then I read the rest of the story...


34 posted on 10/06/2022 10:09:10 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: scrabblehack

“After 9/11 weren’t cockpit doors supposed to be locked?”

Locked but not dead-bolted


35 posted on 10/06/2022 10:09:15 AM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: DFG

“former colleague who pleaded guilty last year to dead-bolting the cockpit door during a flight and stripping naked in front of her.”

“Haak remained employed”

He should have been immediately terminated.


36 posted on 10/06/2022 10:09:49 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: DFG

She needed to set the transponder to Mayday.


37 posted on 10/06/2022 10:10:20 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DFG

So, it sounds like the pilot didn’t get off.


38 posted on 10/06/2022 10:10:24 AM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: Codeflier

“It never happened so much that the guy pled guilty to it last year.”

But not to what she is claiming. And she has got caught in other lies.


39 posted on 10/06/2022 10:10:51 AM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: JimRed

Where was the copilot? Don’t they have keypad entry on airliner doors? Very odd story that does not add up.


40 posted on 10/06/2022 10:10:57 AM PDT by lodi90
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