A SUSPICIOUS PERSON WAS ATTEMPTING TO RIDE ON THE FLT ATTENDANT'S JUMP SEAT.

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TWO MINS BEFORE PUSHBACK; GATE CUSTOMER SVC REP CAME TO COCKPIT AND INFORMED ME THAT A PAX WAS TOLD TO DEPLANE AND WAS NOT DOING SO. AGENT THEN EXPLAINED THAT A COMPANY FLT ATTENDANT NAMED MR X WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS RIDE AND/OR RIDE ON A JUMPSEAT PASS BUT ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. AGENT EXPLAINED EVEN THAT THEY HAD CALLED THE COORDINATORS IN FLT ATTENDANT OFFICE AND THEY HAD SAID NOT TO BOARD MR X. MR X THEN INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD A LETTER WHICH I LOOKED AT WHICH WAS WRITTEN ON COMPANY LETTERHEAD STATING HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO RIDE ZZZ-BUF-ZZZ AND ZZZ-HNL-ZZZ SEGMENTS; AND IT WAS SIGNED ACCORDING TO MR X BY HIS SUPVR. I TOLD MR X THAT THE LETTER HELD NO WEIGHT WITH ME AND HE MUST DEPLANE. HE THEN STROLLED VERY SLOWLY TO BACK OF PLANE; TOOK HIS BELONGINGS OUT OF OVERHEAD BIN; AGAIN VERY SLOWLY ALL THE TIME LOOKING AT HIS WATCH. HE THEN WALKED SLOWLY TO FRONT OF PLANE AND DEPLANED. WE WERE THEN LATE FOR DEP TIME AFTER THE BUF EMPLOYEES WORKED VERY HARD TO PROVIDE AN ON-TIME DEP. I WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO MR X AS SOMEONE PASS RIDING ON ONLY A NOTE SIGNED 6 MONTHS AGO FROM SOMEONE NO ONE KNOWS IS VERY SUSPICIOUS.