On a recent flight to DCA I was able to pick out the FAMS (or at least the Feds) with no problem at all.

Two younger and fit-looking men with otherwise nothing in common (different dress style etc) chatting outside the ticket counter. Both boarded with F. No surprises there and nothing new. Not really a big deal; F was half empty.

There were a couple of give-aways I picked up while walking to my seat (as these two men were not seated together in an otherwise empty F cabin). But when one of them got up during the flight so the person in the window seat could get up, his outer garment rode up a bit revealing handcuffs... Which confirmed what I already knew.

I'm no rocket scientist, but if I can spot FAMs this easily, so can most sophisticated bad guys out on a mission to secure a place in paradise.

(I'm intentionally not listing the dead-giveways, but trust me, as a guy that travels to/form DCA a lot it is not tough to spot FAMs/Feds). I like you guys; you need to get your bosses to let you blend in better. Suits versus polo shirts aren't the only things that make it wasy to spot a FOB (Fed On Board).

Here's a hypothetical question: what if I -- or rather an idiotic, uninformed nervous passenger -- upon clearly seeing the leather handcuff pouch and metal handcuffs had shouted "Gun!" on the plane (beacuse I'd think that is a reasonable thing for a nervous old lady to shout when seeing handfcuffs on somebody's belt)?

I thought about approaching the guys after the flight and giving them heads up that their "disguise" was not to hard to see through, but I didn't want to end up on a list.