

Senators Urge Airlines to Scrap Expiration Dates on Flight Credit.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. 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.
