Ex-Southwest pilot confesses to exposing himself, watching porn in cockpit

A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation 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, Associated Press News has reported.

U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson sentenced him to one year of unsupervised probation and a $5,000 fine.

“This is not the kind of aberrant behaviour that anyone should accept,” the prosecutor said.

“She had a right not to be subjected to this kind of behaviour, regardless of what may have motivated it or prompted it,” he added.

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“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.

A Southwest spokesperson told abc news that Haak left the airline before the company was made aware of the incident.