FLT ATTENDANT RPT RELATING TO AN MD80 PAX WHO IS SUSPECTED OF BEING DRUNK BUT IS ALLOWED TO STAY ON BOARD IF DRINKS ARE NOT SERVED TO HIM AFTER A CONSULTATION WITH THE GATE SUPVR AT SFO; CA.

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DURING BOARDING; A PAX TOLD ME THAT THE MAN IN THE AISLE WHO WAS DELAYING BOARDING WAS VERY DRUNK. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. WHEN I REALIZED IT WASN'T; I NOTIFIED CAPT OF WHAT I LEARNED; BUT THAT I WOULD CHK OUT THE SIT. I DID NOT GET THE NAME OR SEAT NUMBER OF PAX WHO GAVE INFO. I ASKED FLT ATTENDANT #4 IF HE HAD BEEN TOLD; HE SAID YES; THE INTOXICATED PAX WAS IN FIRST CLASS. AS I APCHED HIM; HE WAS 'PASSED OUT.' I AWOKE HIM AND ASKED IF HE NEEDED ANYTHING. HE SAID A BLOODY MARY. I IMMEDIATELY KNEW HE WAS INTOXICATED. I INFORMED CAPT WHO TOLD ME TO TELL AGENT. I DID. SHE SAID SHE HAD TO CALL SUPVR. SUPVR CAME TO JETBRIDGE. I ADVISED HER OF SIT; SHE THEN PULLED MR X OFF AIRPLANE ONTO JETBRIDGE. CAPT WAS STANDING OUT THERE AS WELL. AFTER 2 OR 3 MINS; PAX CAME BACK ON AIRPLANE AND SAT DOWN. SUPVR TOLD ME HE DID NOT SMELL OF ALCOHOL; WHICH I ALREADY KNEW. SHE SAID HE WAS ON ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. I KNOW THAT ANTI-DEPRESSANTS DO NOT CAUSE SOMEONE TO SLUR HIS WORDS OR MAKE HIS EYES SWIM. I TOLD HER AND CAPT THAT I KNEW HE WAS INTOXICATED. I WAS OVERRULED BY BOTH. I WONDER IF SUPVR WASN'T INFLUENCED BY PAX BEING 'FREQUENT FLYER.' ALSO DURING FLT PAX ASKED FOR ALCOHOL EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ADVISED BY SUPVR THAT WE WOULD NOT SERVE HIM ANY. FLT ENDED; CAPT TOLD ME I WAS RIGHT.