AN MD83 FLT ATTENDANT PLACED HER SON ON THE AFT JUMPSEAT WHEN THE FLT BECAME OVERBOOKED. ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT RPTS HOW THE SIT OCCURRED.

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THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT BROUGHT HER SON WITH HER ON OUR 3 DAY TRIP. ON DAY 2; A FLT WAS OVERBOOKED. THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT HAD BROUGHT HER SON DOWN TO THE PLANE WITH US. I ASSUMED SHE HAD CLRED THIS WITH THE GATE AGENT. I SECURED THE GALLEY AND THE CAPT SAID 'WE GOT TO GO;' AND BEGAN ROLLING DOWN RWY. THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT RETURNED TO THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY JUST AS THE CAPT SAID THIS. I HAD TO RUN TO MY JUMPSEAT. THE SECOND FLT ATTENDANT WAS SEATED IN THE TAILCONE JUMPSEAT BECAUSE THE IRONING BOARD JUMPSEAT WOULD BLOCK ME FROM GETTING TO THE TAILCONE. I SAT IN THE MIDDLE JUMPSEAT AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT I REALIZED THAT THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT'S SON WAS SEATED IN THE TAILCONE JUMPSEAT. AFTER TKOF; THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT CAME BACK AND TOLD HER SON TO STAY IN THE GALLEY. SHE TOLD US BOTH SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE PUT HIM ON THE JUMPSEAT IF SHE'D KNOWN THERE WASN'T A PAX SEAT. I FEEL AT THE TIME THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE PAX TOTAL ONBOARD WAS GIVEN TO HER; SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WE WERE COMPLETELY FULL. IN A CONVERSATION THE THREE OF US HAD; THE SECOND FLT ATTENDANT AND MYSELF TOLD THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT THAT WE DID NOT LIKE THE POS SHE HAD PUT US IN. SHE ASSURED US SHE WOULD TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS INCIDENT.