B737-800
Flight Attendant Current
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Manuals
An FAA inspector was on our flight.  She asked me for my manual.  She told me that I needed to insert revision #32 dated 8/14.  I explained to her I had 14 days to insert it and was going to do it on the layover.  She told me I needed to insert it during the flight or I would be non compliant.  I spent 45 minutes inserting the revision.   Later I was guarding the flight deck.  The Captain was in the Lavatory.  The Inspector was coming forward to return my manual to me.  I motioned for her to stop but she did not.  She continued to walk forward; I took two steps towards her and told her she needed to go back; the Captain was out.  She continued to walk forward; gave me my manual; and then returned to her seat.  I was sitting on the forward jumpseat and the Inspector sat down next to me.  I explained that only certified flight attendants could occupy the jumpseat.  She said; 'Don't worry; I have been a flight attendant for over 40 years.'
B737 Flight Attendant is informed by an FAA Inspector that a FAOM revision dated in the future must be installed during the flight; in order to be compliant with FAR's. The Inspector also does not comply with the reporters request to remain clear of the forward galley while the Captain is out of the cockpit and sits on a jumpseat.