MD80 CAPT REQUIRED 2 FLT ATTENDANTS TO STAY AFTER THE FLT BLOCKED IN; TO CLARIFY CABIN DISCREPANCY.

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DIDN'T HAVE TIME ON A 30 MIN FLT TO WRITE UP A BUNCH OF CABIN STUFF. SHE SAID FINE; AND SHE AGREED TO REMAIN BEHIND AFTER THE FLT TO CLARIFY THE ITEMS. SHE SEEMED PLEASED WITH ME THAT I WOULD AGREE TO ENTER ALL HER ITEMS; AND THE CONVERSATION WAS POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL. SHE THEN ASKED ME IF I KNEW IF THERE WAS CONTRACT OR COMPANY MAINT PERSONNEL IN DTW. I TOLD HER I WAS NOT SURE BUT THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE CONTRACT. FLT ATTENDANT #1 THEN SAID FLT ATTENDANT #4 IS PLANNING FOR HER NEXT FLT WHICH GOES TO DTW. I THOUGHT THIS WHOLE MATTER WAS RATHER STRANGE BUT SINCE SHE WAS ON SOME SPECIAL COMPANY COMMITTEE; I WAS TRYING TO HELP OUT AND BE COOPERATIVE. CATASTROPHIC. THIS IS WHAT I FEEL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FURTHER. FLT ATTENDANT #4 GOT ON THIS ACFT IN DFW; AND I AM SURE INSPECTED HER JUMPSEAT. IF HER JUMPSEAT WAS NOT RETRACTING FULLY WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IT FIXED IMMEDIATELY. FLT ATTENDANT #4 OPENLY TOLD ME IN OKC IT WAS NOT HER INTENT TO DELAY THE FLT. BUT BECAUSE OF HER NOT WANTING TO DELAY A FLT; I UNKNOWINGLY FLEW AN ACFT FOR 2 LEGS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED IN DFW OR OKC. FLT ATTENDANT #4 CHOSE TO WITHHOLD THIS CRITICAL INFO FROM THE CAPT AND WAS MAKING A SAFETY OF FLT DECISION; WHICH I FEEL IS NOT HER POS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 629308: FLT ATTENDANT #4 ENTERED AND SAID 'I HAVE A NOTE FOR YOU; BUT DON'T LOOK AT IT UNTIL AFTER WE LEAVE.' I INTERPED THAT AS THE NOTE BEING OF A PERSONAL NATURE; NOT WORK RELATED. AFTER THE PARKING CHKLIST; I BECAME AWARE THE NOTE CONTAINED SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES; TO THE EXTENT THEY VIOLATED FAA RULES.