Flight attendant questions legality of flight attendant trainees riding flight attendant jumpseat.

Attributes
ACN	83141
Time
Date	198802
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sju
State Reference	PR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
Experience	flight time total : 2
ASRS Report	83141
Person 2
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flight sju-mia. Due to full flight, F/a trnees were placed on F/a jumpseats for return to mia. These are not qualified F/a's and it was not cleared through operations. The captain seemed to have approved this with the agent asking permission. This concerns me. What would have happened in an emergency situation? They are not qualified for the position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FA QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF FA TRAINEES RIDING FA JUMPSEAT.

Narrative: FLT SJU-MIA. DUE TO FULL FLT, F/A TRNEES WERE PLACED ON F/A JUMPSEATS FOR RETURN TO MIA. THESE ARE NOT QUALIFIED F/A'S AND IT WAS NOT CLRED THROUGH OPS. THE CAPT SEEMED TO HAVE APPROVED THIS WITH THE AGENT ASKING PERMISSION. THIS CONCERNS ME. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN AN EMER SITUATION? THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE POS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.