Last week I had reserved the jumpseat from ATL to PBI, two days in advance and coded as personal. I show up at the gate one hour before push and some FAA guy is standing there in his short sleeve shirt and outdated tie. I check in with the gate agent and she informs me that Mr. FAA has the cockpit jumpseat. All seats and the F/A jumpseat are taken. I asked the captain if he knew why the FAA was on this flight, he told me that Mr. FAA was just catching a ride to PBI. When I asked Mr. FAA if he was on official business or just getting away for the weekend he said he was just going from point A to point B. What ever that means.

Normally I would blow this off but the same thing happened two days later on my way back home. ***? I thought someone should have called me and said the J/S would be taken by the FAA. I also thought they had to have some reason other than "catching a ride".

I try not to hold a grudge but now I hate the FAA with a passion.

Is their a way to go about reporting this? If so, to whom?

Thanks
BFS