Ryanairs Clap Inducer

Senna

No Micheal O'Leary isn't giving people STD's.

Haven't been on a ryanair flight in years, but when did they start playing that stupid fan-fare sound when the plane lands. I know it say something about "another on time flight" but on both flights i was on recently, nearly everyone started clapping when they heard the fan-fare.
I though people were past the stage of clapping when a plane lands (unless it was a terrible flight). So are people really that stupid that they can be made to clap by playing a fan fare?

AckwelFoley

we need a ryanair forum.

I wont read it tho

Gummy Panda

Other passengers were probably retarded.

I thought this thread was going to be about that Czech ryanair girl, who is a porn star, spreading the clap.

Vinta81

I've never flown with Ryanair and I'll continue to keep that up, I hate when people clap. Like "yay our pilot did what he was supposed to do, land safely"

Sundy

Clapping when the plane lands is such a package holiday thing.


What would you do if he screwed it up? .. not clap?

I cringe when people clap on a flight - especially a Ryanair flight - after they've bounced the plane off the ground!

The Mad Hatter

The pilot does a difficult job (and with Ryanair, s/he does it for pretty shit pay) - I think it's polite to allow them some congratulations upon landing, even if it is just a formality.

karen3212

Yes Op, you have to finally accept it - you are just well above average, everybody else on the flight are retards. Lucky you.

Senna

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

The pilot does a difficult job (and with Ryanair, s/he does it for pretty shit pay) - I think it's polite to allow them some congratulations upon landing, even if it is just a formality.

Bollox, so do you clap after a nurse takes care of you?

The Mad Hatter

Senna wrote: »

Bollox, so do you clap after a nurse takes care of you?

Well, it hasn't come up, but in that instance I would say 'thank you' as I'm not a group of people so clapping would be a bit redundant.

antodeco

Senna wrote: »

Bollox, so do you clap after a nurse takes care of you?

Nah, I bang her.

Gummy Panda

Senna wrote: »

Bollox, so do you clap after a nurse takes care of you?

If she is hot I ask for a repeat of the sponge bath. "clean it good.. Harder.. Slower"

Lobelia Overhill

Senna wrote: »

Bollox, so do you clap after a nurse takes care of you?

You give them a box of chocolates ...

consultech

I get physically annoyed/borderline aggressive when people clap on a plane/in cinema. I nowadays start the clap on a plane takin the piss, and can therefore enjoy it as a sense of achievement.

S.I.R

Gummy Panda wrote: »

If she is hot I ask for a repeat of the sponge bath. "clean it good.. Harder.. Slower"

what about if she gives you a dose of the clap... ?

conolan

First time I heard clapping on planes was in USA on internal flights. 20 years ago. Thought, typical...
Have heard it happen over here on long holiday flights, but not on Ryanair-bus journeys.
That Scottish voice telling us they arrived on time is awful, but the reason they do it is because of the perception amoung the traveling public that Ryanair are late because they're cheap. They are rarely late because they're so focused on the 25min turnaround, even to the extent of being rude to their customers.
The more I read about Ryanair the more I wonder should I fly with them.
The more I see their fares (despite the extras) the more I fly with them.

Tragamin2k2

I'm always the first to clap because i know it annoys people and everybody follows you, nobody would clap if somebody didnt first. Stop whining and make a game out of it, I have started a bout of clapping before the plane even touched the ground just to see if people would follow many times before, its fun

conolan

conolan wrote: »

First time I heard clapping on planes was in USA on internal flights. 20 years ago. Thought, typical...
Have heard it happen over here on long holiday flights, but not on Ryanair-bus journeys.
That Scottish voice telling us they arrived on time is awful, but the reason they do it is because of the perception amoung the traveling public that Ryanair are late because they're cheap. They are rarely late because they're so focused on the 25min turnaround, even to the extent of being rude to their customers.
The more I read about Ryanair the more I wonder should I fly with them.
The more I see their fares (despite the extras) the more I fly with them.

they're always on time because they give a completely false "arrival" time. I have a flight to London Gatwick in a few weeks, departs 10am, arrives 11.45 am - it does not take 1 hour 45 mins to from Dublin to Gatwick but they will be able to say they landed on time!

They still got me to London and back last week for a grand total - including a checked bag - of €45 - would have only been 15 if I'd carried the bag on but that's my problem. I'll still fly with ryanair most of the time - but I won't clap when I land!!!

shenanigans1982

Shouldn't you clap after the pilot gets the plane off the ground too ?....it is an equally important part of the journey.

Dave!

I usually try and start a round of applause when the plane lands

Just for the laugh really

I do the same in the cinema

Yeah, I'm that guy.

shenanigans1982

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

Shouldn't you clap after the pilot gets the plane off the ground too ?....it is an equally important part of the journey.

but you kinda pay to get somewhere - not leave somewhere (with exception of flights from cork )

ohthebaby

School tours were the best. To take the piss, as soon as the fan fair came on we'd all start cheering and roaring and sure enough the whole plane would join in. Good times!

consultech

Dave! wrote: »

I usually try and start a round of applause when the plane lands

Just for the laugh really

I do the same in the cinema

Yeah, I'm that guy.

I knew it! You a$$hole!

tech77

Sundy wrote: »

What would you do if he screwed it up? .. not clap?

Start booing and jeering as you fall to your death obviously.

axer

It is nearly as bad as the idiots that clap in the cinema.

ohthebaby

ohthebaby wrote: »

School tours were the best. To take the piss, as soon as the fan fair came on we'd all start cheering and roaring and sure enough the whole plane would join in. Good times!

you got to go on a plane on school tours? you lucky ducky!

we got a manky old bus and had to fight for the back seat

them were the days!

Elessar

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

The pilot does a difficult job (and with Ryanair, s/he does it for pretty shit pay) - I think it's polite to allow them some congratulations upon landing, even if it is just a formality.

The pilots can't f*cking hear you.

Overheal

Ive only ever seen people clap when there was delays or dangerous conditions, like the time we went through a thunderstorm - but that was awesome. The biggest applaus was from the flight they cancelled and made us stay overnight in Atlanta.. that was a trip.

Dartz

snyper wrote: »

we need a ryanair forum.

I wont read it tho

You'd get charged...

fj1200

A man was sitting in the bar in departures at Manchester airport. A
Beautiful woman walks in and sits down at the table next to him. So he
Decides because she's got a uniform on, she's probably an off-duty
Flight attendant.

So he decides to have a go at picking her up by identifying the airline
She flies for, thereby impressing her greatly.

He leans across to her and says the Delta Airlines motto -

"We love to fly and it shows".

The woman looks at him blankly. He sits back and thinks up another line.
He leans forward again and delivers the Air France motto -

"Winning the hearts of the world".

Again she just stares at him with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Undeterred, he tries again, this time saying the Malaysian Airlines
Motto -

"Going beyond expectations".


The woman looks at him sternly and says -

"What the f*** do you want ?"

"Ah !" he says, sitting back with a smile on his face......."Ryanair".




And as for that music! It's sooo ****ing annoying.

Gazza22

The tards that clap *cringe*

Similar to people who clap at the cinema, i usually just turn around and stare into their face until they realise how stupid they are. I'm a nice person really though

xOxSinéadxOx

Dave! wrote: »

I usually try and start a round of applause when the plane lands

Just for the laugh really

I do the same in the cinema

Yeah, I'm that guy.

I do it in the cinema but not on a plane

DublinWriter

Sundy wrote: »

What would you do if he screwed it up? .. not clap?

I believe standard Ryanair procedure is to scatter your body into at least a hundred unidenfiable pieces against the side of which ever mountain the captain mistook for a landing strip.

Gazza22

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I do it in the cinema

Why? Just why?

CantGetNoSleep

Deleted User wrote: »

they're always on time because they give a completely false "arrival" time. I have a flight to London Gatwick in a few weeks, departs 10am, arrives 11.45 am - it does not take 1 hour 45 mins to from Dublin to Gatwick but they will be able to say they landed on time!

They still got me to London and back last week for a grand total - including a checked bag - of €45 - would have only been 15 if I'd carried the bag on but that's my problem. I'll still fly with ryanair most of the time - but I won't clap when I land!!!

This is completely true, I was on a flight that landed nearly 35 min early a few weeks ago - so for them to say a flight usually takes 2 hrs but only took 1 hr 30 min this time is bullsh1t, why is that, did the pilot really give it welly or something?

Just take Dublin - Paris as an example

Ryanair say that it takes 2 hrs 25 min to fly Dublin - Paris Beauvais.
Aer Lingus fly Dublin - Paris Charles de Gaulle (which is further from Dublin than Beauvais) in 1 hr 40 min - this is the sole reason for them claiming to have the most on time flights in Europe or whatever they claim, still it is handy to know that you will most likely be there at the scheduled time allowing for short delays taking off etc.

Saying all that, I still fly Ryanair all the time, who else is going to get me home next week for €0.01? And that is all I will have to pay, if the government hadn't introduced their new departure tax my return trip would have cost €0.02 with them

Mr. Frost

Deleted User wrote: »

I cringe when people clap on a flight - especially a Ryanair flight - after they've bounced the plane off the ground!

It's better for the tyres. Or so I've heard!

xOxSinéadxOx

Gazza22 wrote: »

Why? Just why?

I don't know! Only if I like the film though :pac:

Gazza22

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I don't know! Only if I like the film though :pac:

I find it a very strange phenomenon. :P

Dave!

Gazza22 wrote: »

I find it a very strange phenomenon. :P

You should try it, great fun Especially if the film was sh*t!!!

xOxSinéadxOx

it actually is funny though. especially when some other dunces start clapping with you :pac:

Mr. Frost

Mr. Frost wrote: »

It's better for the tyres. Or so I've heard!

you're a ryanair pilot aren't you? aren't you?

Gazza22

Dave! wrote: »

You should try it, great fun Especially if the film was sh*t!!!

Maybe i will when four weeks, a wedding and a funeral is released!

live2thewire

italians do the end of flight clap as well...check up italy vs eu on yt

Lobelia Overhill

*applause*

for this thread ...


Well someone had to do it ...







*coat, gone*

nitrogen

It takes a special kind of sheep to start clapping in the cinema, someone of similar intelligence to Chris Griffin shouting at the television - "Go Dad" - then raises his voice when Peter can't hear him - "GO DAD".

Regarding flight times, all airlines advertise longer times than the actual journey time to allocate for delays in takeoff and landing slots.

axer

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

it actually is funny though. especially when some OTHER dunces start clapping with you :pac:

hmmm....yes.

skyhighflyer

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

The pilot does a difficult job (and with Ryanair, s/he does it for pretty shit pay) - I think it's polite to allow them some congratulations upon landing, even if it is just a formality.

Ryanair pilots get well over €100k for flying about 15(?) hours a week.

midger

Should we clap when the taxi driver gets us home?!...

Tragamin2k2

midger wrote: »

Should we clap when the taxi driver gets us home?!...

If there was few hundred people in the taxi it would make more sense than to thank him individually, as it is on a plane

robinph

People started clapping on an Aer Lingus flight I took a couple of months ago which I found very odd, didn't even seem to be a big group of drunk people on the plane which could have accounted for it as a piss take.

routine

This is completely true.