CAPTBOB, I flew the 767 around the domestic network for eight years and gave the regional guys and gals a lot of
over that time frame but I never saw anyone flip the bird!
I'm disappointed that is the case.
I do recall a funny time once when we passed in front of a DJ aircraft and the skipper said 'watch this' and flipped the bird at the crew. Of course the DJ driver got into the spirit of things and flipped it straight back. The difference was that we were facing his nose as we went past and so all the two crew were the only people to see our bird. We of course were side on and so the DJ skipper flipped the bird to everyone down the left hand side of our aircraft!
Hugh, I'm with you brother. It's insanity pure and simple.