Former Southwest Airlines Pilot Pleads Guilty To Exposing Himself, Watching Porn On Flight From Philadelphia

Philadelphia PA

29 May, 2021

2:24 PM

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CBS Philadelphia May 29, 2021 A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female first officer and watching pornography on a laptop during a flight from Philadelphia to Florida last year. Michael Haak, 60, apologized and expressed remorse for his actions before U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation and a $5,000 fine. "It started as a consensual prank between me and the other pilot. I never imagined it would turn into this in a thousand years," Haak said during a remote hearing. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.