A flight attendant has accused two pilots of streaming hidden-camera footage from the plane's toilet into the cockpit.
Crew member Renee Steinaker revealed the shocking incident, which allegedly took place on a Southwest Airlines flight between Pittsburgh and Phoenix, in a lawsuit against the airline, Arizona Republic reported.
The lawsuit alleged that, on February 27, 2017, Steinaker was working on Flight 1088 when pilot Captain Terry Graham asked her to come into the cockpit so he could use the toilet. Southwest Airlines policy requires two crew members in the cockpit at all times.
The suit states that when Steinaker entered the cockpit to join co-pilot Ryan Russell, she spotted an iPad mounted to the windshield to the left of the captain's seat. On it, she could see a live stream of what appeared to be Graham in the bathroom.
It continues that Russell looked panicked and told the cameras were a new top-secret security measure that had been installed in all planes, but Steinaker did not believe him. She took a photograph of the iPad with her phone.
Although the incident was reported, the pilots continue to fly with Southwest Airlines. Steinaker alleges she was told not to speak about the incident. She and her husband David - who is also a flight attendant with Southwest - have accused the airline of retaliating against them through extra monitoring and performance audits.
A representative for Southwest Airlines said: "The safety and security of our employees and customers is Southwest's uncompromising priority. As such, Southwest does not place cameras in the lavatories of our aircraft.
"At this time, we have no other comment in the pending litigation."
