FLT SOLD OUT; FLT ATTENDANT PLACES SON IN JUMP SEAT.

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FLT FROM CVG TO PHL WAS FULL. WE PUT FLT ATTENDANT'S SON IN THE JUMP SEAT OF A PART 121 ACR. THE STATION AGENT WROTE A LETTER TO THE COMPANY; WHICH IN TURN HAS TO DISCLOSE THIS INFO TO THE FAA. FLT ATTENDANT UNABLE TO FIND BABY-SITTER FOR 2 DAY TRIP. SHE BROUGHT HER 13 YR OLD SON ALONG. FLT WAS OVER SOLD. WE PUT SON IN JUMP SEAT AND WERE ON OUR WAY. I HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH BOARDING AGENT AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROB WITH THIS. AFTERWARDS HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE COMPANY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE FLT ATTENDANT LEFT THE ACFT TO GO TO THE DESK AND LEFT HER SON IN THE COCKPIT. AGENT WROTE THE LETTER AS A SECURITY VIOLATION. THE CREW WAS CALLED IN TO EXPLAIN; FLT ATTENDANT WAS TERMINATED. CAPT WAS GIVEN 3 DAYS OFF AND HAS A LETTER IN HIS FILE. ALL OF THIS WAS DONE WITH COMPANY. NO FAA FOLLOW UP. ACFT WAS DORNIER 328. RPTR SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST; EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL FLT ATTENDANTS THAT THE AIRLINE HAS/HAD. SHE HAD BEEN CALLED IN FOR THAT FLT; IT WAS NOT HER REGULAR SCHEDULE.