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People clapping after landing (on an airplane)?

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There is clapping when the weather is bad and the pilot still manages a relatively smooth landing. Its applauding the pilots, nothing wrong with that.
 
Must suck for the pilots not getting subsequent applause on every smooth landing. How would you know if the passengers weren't really thinking, "meh, I've had better," or if they just didn't care that you didn't crash the plane?

People that pray on airplanes before the flight or during turbulence are the most unnerving passengers to sit next to in my experience.

Flying domestic is balls. I don't give a fuck what Louis C.K thinks.
 
SmokyDave said:
And then cringe themselves inside out as they realise the bus driver is a woman.

I do that far too often.

"Nice one chap.....ess".
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I just go for a straightforward "Thanks!"

Why you always gotta complicate things, Dave?
 
You can thank the pilot as you get off, just as you would a bus driver. If the pilot hides in the cockpit and doesn't see the passengers off, then he's forfeited his thanks.

Clapping is reserved for extreme circumstances, and not just turbulence.
 
The Orange said:
Jesus, some people in here are uptight. Yes, they're just doing their job, but do you only thank people when they're doing something above and beyond their job description? It's not like you can run out of "thanks" to give out, sheesh.
Having flown twice recently, nobody clapped either times, so I didn't as well, but I wouldn't mind joining in if they had. It's not like I would get off the plane faster if people don't clap. If I got agitated by stuff like this, I'd live a very stressful life.
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bggrthnjsus said:
i've been on a couple flights where that happened, i think one was a really smooth landing, and another was after a flight full of ridiculous turbulence.
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First answer got it right.

I've seen it after a particularly smooth landing, where the contact with the tarmac was almost seamless and the breaking was soft. Nothing wrong or crazy with that.
 
you guys bitch about everything,
so what people if want show their appreciation to the crew for doing a good job.

clapping the movie theater, now that is wrong because that is retarded
 
params7 said:
There is clapping when the weather is bad and the pilot still manages a relatively smooth landing. Its applauding the pilots, nothing wrong with that.
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I've done that. That day/night was insane. We flew through a thunderstorm, had a 2 hour delay in San Antonio, on the tarmac, and landed in the middle of a storm. Everyone clapped for the landing, not only because we landed but because that long ordeal was over.
 
http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-90-of-plane-landings-just-barely-pulled-off,19012/

WASHINGTON—According to a new study published by the National Transportation Safety Board, 90 percent of successful plane landings are "this close" to ending with the aircraft pinwheeling down the runway and exploding into a fireball of twisted metal and charred flesh. "We found that when passengers think they're hearing the landing gear being lowered, that's actually the sound of the plane's fuselage coming apart at the seams as the flight-control system fails," said NTSB chairwoman Deborah Hersman, adding how remarkable it is that the wheels don't break off immediately after making contact with the tarmac. "Further, when the plane lands, every bump, big or small, basically means the pilots are fighting with all their might to prevent the aircraft from crashing into the airport terminal." The study found that in nearly all cockpit recordings, the last few moments before touchdown are filled with the pilots screaming for their lives, praying to God, or trying to say one final goodbye to a loved one.
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The Orange said:
Jesus, some people in here are uptight. Yes, they're just doing their job, but do you only thank people when they're doing something above and beyond their job description? It's not like you can run out of "thanks" to give out, sheesh.
Having flown twice recently, nobody clapped either times, so I didn't as well, but I wouldn't mind joining in if they had. It's not like I would get off the plane faster if people don't clap. If I got agitated by stuff like this, I'd live a very stressful life.
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Exaclty.. people need to relax. Have fun. Do you clap at bdays when someone blows out a candle? when someone makes a speech, or someone gets introduced? Its all the same thing. Doesnt harm anyone, and makes the people that work there or do the work feel appreciated. Which for a lot of them means a heck of a lot especially when dealing with the public.
 
I remember when me and my class went on a trip to Germany by airplane. It was a while ago, so we were all young and it was the first time on a plane for most of us.

There was cheering.
 
Einbroch said:
Fuck you! I read the article you quoted then saw it was from The Onion. I was genuinely getting scared.
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This happened on my flight to Puerto Rico back in January, which was my first time on a plane since 1992... I didn't clap personally, but I was very relieved, so I understand the sentiment.
 
Ridiculous,just like clapping in concerts.The bands are just doing their jobs,so why should anyone appreciate it?

Now seriously,what?!?
 
Myriadis said:
Ridiculous,just like clapping in concerts.The bands are just doing their jobs,so why should anyone appreciate it?

Now seriously,what?!?
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Gotta admit, I clap after sex. Good job, good job. Right on!
 
I have flown one time when I had bad sinuses, and during the flight my sinuses went into painful mode like a screw being drilled into my head

i was fuckin' happy to have gotten off the fuckin' plane... sinus pain went away with the beach air and the salt water of the ocean going up my nose
 
Myriadis said:
Ridiculous,just like clapping in concerts.The bands are just doing their jobs,so why should anyone appreciate it?

Now seriously,what?!?
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because doing a great show is the same thing as being a glorified taxi driver, right?
people clapping in the plane are morons, period.
i say thanks to the bus driver when getting out, but that's a whole lot smaller (and thus more appropriate) than clapping in the plane
 
When I went to Bogota, Colombia people clapped after landing. As I've never seen this clapping at landing before I asked around. The general answer is that people coming back to their homeland are happy to be back home. it's kind of a polite collective "fuck yea" for being back to your home country.

Funny thing is that on the flight back to the States, the public was composed of 99.99% of Colombian citizens. Nobody clapped upon landing in the US. This confirmed that Colombian clapping at landing in Colombia is a "fuck yea" moment for arriving to their homeland and not a "thank you for not killing me, mr. pilot" deal.

"'Mercans" should do this to the extreme when coming back from overseas just to show that their patriotism is "numb one!".

BTW, I never clapped at landing but I always say "thank you, sir" to the pilot when coming out of an airplane. Most of the time the pilot is standing close to the exit nodding to all passengers. Want it or not, his job is to keep me alive due to his extreme skills. I can surely appreciate that. Pretty different from the mail man's job.

Blitzzz said:
Every other time I go to vegas, a group will clap when it lands. They aren't thanking the pilot though
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This. Lot's of people clap as a "fuck yea" moment for arriving to a destination that they really wanted to arrive to.
 
I might be taking a plane ride home from a concert on September 11th this year, and I imagine that there will be SHITTONS of applause (10 yr anniversary/first 9/11 since Osama's death)
 
I went to China during the last virus scare, (I don't remember what it was called). When our plane landed, people in bio-hazard suits came in and took the temperatures of everyone in the plane using a neat infrared gadget. Then it turns out someone had a higher temperature than normal and everyone was instructed to remain in the plane until they could confirm whether the passenger was infected.

Turns out he wasn't and everyone clapped after that announcment.
 
CurseoftheGods said:
I just got to Washington, and the passengers applauded the pilot right after landing. I've never seen this done before. Is this some new tradition? There wasn't any special circumstance that I can think of.
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Happened on every single flight I've ever been on.
 
clapping @ cinemas
another retarded thing

this isn't a live play where the actors can notice your appreciation for fucks sake
 
bggrthnjsus said:
i've been on a couple flights where that happened, i think one was a really smooth landing, and another was after a flight full of ridiculous turbulence.
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Yep. This is when it has happened with flights I've been on. And then once when I went to Vegas because I think people were so excited to be there. It's kind of weird though. I don't partake.
 
Dabanton said:
To signify that you've seen a good movie and have enjoyed yourself.
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But to who? Unless you are at a premiere nobody of importance is there. And the rest of the audience members could give two shits if you enjoyed yourself.
 
Dabanton said:
Londoner here on the smaller buses people always say thanks to the driver.

Well expect surly teenagers.
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That explains all the bittter comments in the thread, what a bunch of argumentative assholes that think themselves special for not clapping, as if they are some kind of revolutionary leader breaking social standards.


Soda said:
Usually it's people new to flying that clap, and the rest of the crowd starts clapping too because people are sheep.

I hate when people clap in movies.
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Hahahahaha, what a fucking joke.
 
Sickboy007 said:
Every time i have sex there's a dozen of british backbencher MPs shouting Yes! and Hear Hear!
It's quite distracting.
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I name the Honourable Member as Sickboy007. The motion shall be moved. The question is that the Honourable Member be removed from his lady-friend. The Speaker asks those with that opinion say "Aye", the contrary "No".
 
CHEEZMO™ said:
I name the Honourable Member as Sickboy007. The motion shall be moved. The question is that the Honourable Member be removed from hid lady-friend. The Speaker asks those with that opinion say "Aye", the contrary "No".
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I'd like to thank the Honourable Gentleman for his comments but would move that said notion would result in the possibility of premature ejaculation. *RABBLERABBLERABBLE* BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS *RABBLERABBLERABBLE* *ORDERORDER* Speaker: Let the Honourable Gentleman speak. THE LAST GOVERNMENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING EITHER. BOTH SIDES OF THE BENCH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR Sickboy007's LACK OF PRACTICE. *HEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
 
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