OBSERVER OCCUPYING JUMP SEAT ALLEGEDLY AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR OUT OF SEA ALLEGEDLY DELIBERATELY OPENED LOCK ON COCKPIT CABIN DOOR REPEATEDLY LEAVING DOOR UNLOCKED.

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WE WERE FLYING ANC-HNL. WE HAD A JUMPSEATER; XX; A MAINT INSPECTOR OUT OF ANC. ABOUT 1 1/2 HRS INTO THE FLT XX ASKED ME; 'IF I KNOCK ON THE DOOR; WILL YOU LET ME BACK IN?' I REPLIED YES; AND HE LEFT THE COCKPIT. A FEW MINS LATER HE RETURNED; THE DOOR WAS OPENED WITHOUT KNOCKING; AND I ASSUMED A FLT ATTENDANT LET HIM IN. BUT HE SAT DOWN AND SAID; 'YOU KNOW; THIS DOOR WAS UNLOCKED.' I EXAMINED IT; FOUND NOTHING WRONG; AND RELOCKED IT. I SAID THAT PERHAPS A FLT ATTENDANT HAD UNLOCKED IT; BUT I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT EXPLANATION MYSELF; BECAUSE FIRSTLY; NO ONE HAD ENTERED OR LEFT SINCE XX HAD LEFT; AND SECONDLY; THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT WAS SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT; ESPECIALLY NOT WITH A FEDERAL AGENT ON BOARD. SOMETIME LATER; XX ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING AGAIN; AND WHEN HE OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR; I WAS IN A PERFECT POS TO OBSERVE THE DOORKNOB. I WATCHED XX TWIST THE DOORKNOB CLOCKWISE WITH HIS R HAND; AND THE DOOR OPENED. THEN HE BROUGHT HIS R INDEX FINGER UP; AND WITH THE SECOND KNUCKLE; FLIPPED THE DOORKNOB LOCK LEVER UP TO THE VERT; UNLOCKED POS. THIS WAS DONE WITH A VERY DELIBERATE MOTION -- IT WAS NOT DONE BY ACCIDENT. HE THEN EXITED AND SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND HIM; LEAVING IT UNLOCKED. I REACHED OVER AND LOCKED IT AGAIN; AND IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE CAPT AND THE FO. WHEN XX RETURNED WE SAID NOTHING; BUT I BABY-SAT HIM; CHKING THE DOOR EVERY FEW MINS IN CASE HE TRIED IT AGAIN. THIS WAS VERY DISTRACTING. JUST BEFORE THE DSCNT; HE MOVED FROM THE SECOND OBSERVER'S SEAT TO THE FIRST; BEHIND THE CAPT. I GLANCED BACK TO THE DOORKNOB LOCK LEVER; AND SAW THAT IT WAS NOW IN THE DOWNWARD VERT; UNLOCKED POS; AND REALIZED THAT XX HAD AGAIN UNLOCKED THE DOOR BEHIND MY BACK. I LOOKED OVER AT XX; WHO BY NOW HAD STRAPPED HIMSELF IN; AND SAW THAT HE HAD FALLEN FAST ASLEEP. I LOCKED THE DOOR; THEN OPENED AND SHUT IT HARD; JUST TO SEE IF THE LOCK LEVER COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE LOCK POS. IT HELD FAST. I WHISPERED TO THE FO THAT XX HAD DONE IT AGAIN. THROUGHOUT THE DSCNT; I PERIODICALLY CHKED ON BOTH XX AND THE DOORKNOB LOCK LEVER TO MAKE SURE THAT XX WOULD NOT TRY UNLOCKING THE DOOR AGAIN. WE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED THAT SOMEONE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSEEING AIRLINE OPS; AS IS XX WOULD BE PLAYING SUCH A PETTY CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME. SUCH WAS MY DISBELIEF THAT I WAS TOO DUMBFOUNDED TO RECOGNIZE MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO REMOVE SUCH A THREAT TO COCKPIT SECURITY; FAA INSPECTOR OR NOT. AT BEST; XX WAS CREATING A DISTR FOR THE FLC. AT WORST; HE WAS CREATING A BONAFIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR A HIJACKER TO GAIN EASY ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT BY CONTINUALLY UNLOCKING THE DOOR. IMMEDIATELY UPON WITNESSING XX UNLOCK THE DOOR; I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED HIM OUT THE DOOR AND INSTRUCTED THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT TO FIND HIM A SEAT IN THE BACK; AND CALLED FOR ARPT SECURITY TO MEET US UPON ARR. IF HE WAS CONDUCTING SOME BIZARRE TEST; HOW DID I KNOW HE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL TO AN ENG; TO SEE HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THAT? I SHOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY TREATED HIM AS AN UNSTABLE CRACKPOT; AND BARRED HIM FROM THE COCKPIT. I THINK; IN RETROSPECT; ALL 3 OF US WERE INTIMIDATED BY HIS POS TO THE POINT THAT WE FAILED TO DISCHARGE OUR DUTIES TO MAINTAIN COCKPIT SECURITY. NEXT TIME I WILL CALL A SPADE A SPADE; AND REMOVE THE PERSON FROM THE COCKPIT; BE HE A FEDERAL AGENT; THE POPE; PRESIDENT OR WHOMEVER.