Originally Posted by
gsoltso
It would depend entirely on how the passenger personally tells someone they are number 1! I have seen it where it would be easy to discern, and where it would not due to the size of the fist and the clenching of the non saluting fingers.
If I walk in with my hands open, fingers spread, assume the position, then close my hand with the "bird" flying high, there is no way in hell TSA can justify any response to the "closed" hand "hiding" something.