FLT ATTENDANT RPT; S80; TUS-DFW; PAX MASTURBATING IN PUBLIC; ARREST IN DFW BY FBI.

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ON MAY/XA/99; A MALE PAX FROM TUS TO DFW EXPOSED HIMSELF AND MASTURBATED IN FRONT OF FLC AND OTHER PAX. THE PAX WAS DIRECTED TO STOP; BUT HE WOULD NOT COMPLY. THE PAX WAS ARRESTED BY FBI AT DFW. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE MAN TO BE SERIOUSLY; MENTALLY ILL; AND THAT HE AGREED WITH THE CAPT; THAT ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL; A PAX SHOULDN'T BE HANDCUFFED BY THE FLC; UNLESS THEY ARE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE OTHER PAX; OR THE FLT. SO THE RPTR COVERED THE PAX WITH A BLANKET AND TRIED TO GET HIM TO REMAIN IN HIS SEAT. UNFORTUNATELY; THE MAN WENT BACK TO THE LAVATORY; EXPOSING HIMSELF WHILE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE AND HAD TO BE ORDERED TO ZIP HIMSELF UP. THE MAN WAS TRYING TO FLIRT AND TOUCH AND PAX SITTING NEXT TO HIM; AN OFF DUTY FLT ATTENDANT. THE FLT WAS FULL; SO THERE WAS NOWHERE TO RESEAT THE MAN. THE RPTR REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE ARRESTING FBI AGENT AND FOUND OUT LATER THAT HE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. INSTEAD OF PUTTING HIM IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL; THE BASE COMMANDER PUT HIM ON THE PLANE TO GO TO HIS HOME. THE MAN IS STILL IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL TODAY. THE RPTR BLAMES THE BASE COMMANDER FOR NOT SENDING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL; FOR PUTTING HIM ON COMMERCIAL FLT WITH NO ESCORT; AND HE ALSO FAULTS HIS AIRLINE; FOR BOARDING THE PAX. THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL ABUSE INVOLVED.