United’s retention of harassing pilot may have been criminally negligent, judge finds

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The airline allegedly learned of a police investigation into a pilot’s distribution of a worker’s intimate images in April 2024 but didn’t act until his arrest later that year.

Published Aug. 24, 2026

Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on Dec. 13, 2022, in Chicago, Ill. A judge on Aug. 19, 2026, allowed a flight attendant to move forward with her charge that the airline was criminally negligent in retaining a harassing pilot.

United’s retention of harassing pilot may have been criminally negligent, judge finds

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