B737 first officer reports a company manager requesting the jumpseat after scheduled departure time....

Narrative:

Previous flight came in late. We had a full airplane with one off-line jumpseater. We were after push time when the gate agent told the captain that there was a manager that was requesting to ride the jumpseat. The captain grabbed a page from his fom and left the cockpit. I was busy contacting ATC for our wheels up time; which I had to get revised due to the boarding delay. The captain and manager came back and I do recall the captain once again confirming that he was authorized to ride the jumpseat and he replied that he was. I quickly introduced myself and continued my preflight duties. I assumed since the captain had his fom and was working with the gate agent and the manager that the issue of whether he was authorized was resolved. I just received a call from my captain letting me know that he had talked to a chief pilot and that the manager was not authorized access to the cockpit. Although I was busy trying to get my duties accomplished and get the flight out close to on time; I should have stopped and confirmed this situation was completely resolved and legitimate. Either the manager had false information on the access to the jumpseat or he was just plain lying to get on the flight and make it to our destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reports a company manager requesting the jumpseat after scheduled departure time. The reporter is informed after the flight that the manager was not authorized jumpseat access.

Narrative: Previous flight came in late. We had a full airplane with one off-line jumpseater. We were after push time when the Gate Agent told the Captain that there was a Manager that was requesting to ride the jumpseat. The Captain grabbed a page from his FOM and left the cockpit. I was busy contacting ATC for our wheels up time; which I had to get revised due to the boarding delay. The Captain and Manager came back and I do recall the Captain once again confirming that he was authorized to ride the jumpseat and he replied that he was. I quickly introduced myself and continued my preflight duties. I assumed since the Captain had his FOM and was working with the Gate Agent and the Manager that the issue of whether he was authorized was resolved. I just received a call from my Captain letting me know that he had talked to a Chief Pilot and that the manager was not authorized access to the cockpit. Although I was busy trying to get my duties accomplished and get the flight out close to on time; I should have stopped and confirmed this situation was completely resolved and legitimate. Either the Manager had false information on the access to the jumpseat or he was just plain lying to get on the flight and make it to our destination.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	876015
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

B737 first officer reports a company manager requesting the jumpseat after scheduled departure time. The reporter is informed after the flight that the manager was not authorized jumpseat access.