ARPT TERMINAL SECURITY QUESTIONED BY ACI ON RAMP CHK.

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WE WERE ON A GATE HOLD FOR ORD. WE WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE DEPARTED; HOWEVER; WITH THE GATE HOLD WE WERE DELAYED 2 HRS. WE BELIEVED THE WX CAUSING THE DELAY WAS DISSIPATING AND THE HOLD WOULD BE LIFTED AND WE COULD BE RELEASED AT ANY TIME. WHILE WALKING OFF THE AIRPLANE; I WALKED PAST A MAN WHO WAS STANDING IN THE JETWAY LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE GATE AREA. THE GATE DOORS WERE OPEN; I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS MAN WAS A PAX AND THEY WERE BOARDING (HE DIDN'T HAVE AN IDENT). HOWEVER; HE JUST DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. I RETURNED TO THE AIRPLANE; THINKING I'LL FIND OUT IF WE'RE BOARDING. I DID; HOWEVER; STOP IN THE LAVATORY. THE GENTLEMAN STEPPED ONTO THE AIRPLANE AND THE FLT ATTENDANT; KNOWING WE WEREN'T BOARDING; ASKED IF SHE COULD HELP HIM. HE SHOWED HIS IDENT AND SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE GUY THAT JUST WALKED IN. SHE ASKED 'THE FO?' HE DIDN'T KNOW. I HEARD THIS AND CAME OUT OF THE LAVATORY AND ASKED HIM FOR AN IDENT. HE WAS FAA AND SAID; BEFORE I SAW HIM; HE HAD BEEN OUTSIDE. I BELIEVE POOR COM ON BOARDING AND THE GATE AGENT'S RELAXED ATTITUDE TOWARD THE JETWAY WAS A PROB. WE CALLED THE GATE AGENT TO EXPLAIN THE SIT AND SHE WAS VERY 'FLIPPANT' ABOUT THE SIT; EXCLAIMING 'NOW WHAT; I'M TOO BUSY FOR THIS.'