DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT WHEN A PASSENGER SEAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN UP IN ACFT LOG.

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UPON LANDING IN KANSAS CITY; F/A NOTIFIED CAPT OF PAX SEAT THAT WOULD NOT LOCK IN UP POSITION. CAPT NOTIFIED MAINT BY RADIO TO MEET THE A/C. AFTER PASSENGERS DEPLANED CAPT LEFT COCKPIT TO DETERMINE PROBLEM AND TALK TO MAINT. I; (F/O) WENT TO RESTROOM; AND UPON MY RETURN FOUND AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN IN THE COCKPIT. WHEN I CHALLENGED THE PERSON HE PRESENTED A FAA IDENT BRIEFLY. AT THAT TIME CAPT RETURNED TO COCKPIT AND CHALLENGED THE INTRUSION WITH SAME RESULTS. FAA INSPECTOR ASKED ABOUT MAINT PROBLEMS AND CAPT INFORMED HIM THE SEAT WAS GOING TO BE REPAIRED. FAA NOTIFIED CAPT HE WAS WRITING UP CAPT FOR FAILURE TO REPORT IN LOGBOOK. IN BY OPINION THE CAPT ASSESSED THE PROBLEM; RETURNED TO COCKPIT TO WRITEUP PROBLEM TO FIND FAA INSPECTOR HINDERING HIS DUTIES; CAPT THEN WROTE PROBLEM IN THE BOOK. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED SEAT; THE MECHANIC ENTERED HIS NOTATION IN BOOK. THE FAA INSPECTION OFFERED NO PROTOCOL OR ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO THE COCKPIT FROM THE CAPT OR F/O AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE COCKPIT BY SECURITY UNTIL PROPERLY IDENTIFIED. THE FAA INSPECTORS' COMPLAINT WAS THE LOGBOOK ENTRY BY THE CAPT WAS NOT ENTERED IN A TIMELY FASHION WHEN THE ENTIRE EVENT COVERED ONLY 2 OR 3 MINUTES. THE ACFT WAS NOT DISPATCHED; REPAIRED; OR MECHANIC ENTRY WRITTEN IN LOGBOOK UNTIL AFTER THE CAPT ENTERED THE PROBLEM IN THE LOGBOOK. THE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE INSPECTOR WAS RULES AND UNPROFESSIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST IS A BUSINESS WHERE ALL OF OUR GOALS ARE THE SAME; I.E.; THE SAFEST FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.