Clapping on a plane once it lands

Sykk

Recently had a swineair flight that landed at a such a steep angle that I almost got whiplash.. When the plane slowed down on it's taxi to the dock everybody started clapping after the "WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER ON TIME FLIGHT"...

If a black hole opened up in front of me I'd have jumped into it.

Anyone else witness such cringeworthy cringeness?

falan

Place?

mackg

nice fix

I have never been on a flight where this happened as far as I can recall, could understand if people are going on holidays and are already pissed

AnonoBoy

I've been to the cinema where people clapped at the end.

It was a normal screening, not a film festival, nobody involved in the production was present.

Whist with your clapping would ya!

Magic Beans

They clap because not everyone is sitting close enough to a window to lick it.

xsiborg

thought this thread had something to do with joining the mile high club and getting the clap on a plane... :eek:

theteal

I've witnessed it quite a lot

It's supposed to land, fooktards, do you clap when the rubbish truck takes your bin contents?!

Mint Sauce

I dont get this at all.

If its been a particulary rough flight or decent/landing, then just maybe.

But was on a flight a couple of weeks ago, landing seemed perfectly normal, and smooth, even then, there was a small ripple of claps.

mackg

theteal wrote: »

I've witnessed it quite a lot

It's supposed to land, fooktards, do you clap when the rubbish truck takes your bin contents?!

No I stand to attention and salute.

falan

I was in Poland the week their whole government got killed in a plane crash. It happened on the Saturday morning and everything closed down inc the festival we were supposed to attend. Got a flight home to Cork on the Monday. You could feel the tension in the air the whole flight. I was totally mangled on vodka as i'm not a great flier anyway..

The flight landed perfectly and everyone started clapping....The sense of relief was immense around the plane...


Any other time would be cringe- worthy..

Agricola

Was on a Ryanair flight last year which had to land at night in a thunderstorm. The runaway had been flooded earlier that day. After circling 2 or 3 times, the pilot landed it gently and a lot of relieved passengers gave him a clap. Mine was a slow sarcastic one of course.

Chuck Stone

I clap when the plane get's off the ground. One guy clapping furiously when the plane takes off.

That's me.

DementoR

Recently had a swineair flight that landed at a such a steep angle that I almost got whiplash.. When the plane slowed down on it's taxi to the dock everybody started clapping after the "WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER ON TIME FLIGHT"...

If the plane managed to taxi all the way to a dock from an airport I would clap also!

Mal-Adjusted

regarding the "Yet another on time flight" i heard that Ryanair adds time to their flights on paper so that when it lands they can claim that it's early. does anybody know if this is true?

it felt a bit strange when my flight from Edinburgh to Shannon was delayed by about 40 minutes and still arrived on time

and regarding clapping on planes and in cinemas...well, people are stupid. a load of them did it after harry potter two weeks ago

Dravokivich

Because you can't mutter thanks to the pilot while yer getting off.

leeroybrown

At least they waited until the plane was stopped at the stand. I've seen it once but it happened directly after the plane had touched down despite most fatal plane accidents happening between that point and the end of the runway.

pajunior

Always annoys my friends so I keep on doing it :cool:

FatherLen

yeah its worse than people clapping after a movie in the cinema...

farmchoice

as far as i know this started off on package holiday flights but it does seem to be spreading its very annoying.

Lumbo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I've been to the cinema where people clapped at the end.

The brother of a friend of mine went with some friends to see Independence Day when he was in the states.

At the end of the movie, everyone stood up (apart from 3 Irish lads) and sang the American National Anthem.

I'd feel more comfortable if people just clapped.

SteelyDanJalapeno

leeroybrown wrote: »

At least they waited until the plane was stopped at the stand. I've seen it once but it happened directly after the plane had touched down despite most fatal plane accidents happening between that point and the end of the runway.

:mad::mad::mad:

Thanks for that information! your a star!

srsly78

Only ever had the displeasure of witnessing this phenomenon on Ryanair.

Eve_Dublin

Get the Madrid - Dublin Ryanair flight a fair bit and the Spanish clap everytime. They just like making a lot of noise at every opportunity and love the sound of themselves making that noise...I remember we'd a bit of turbulance once and everyone started shouting and going, "WooooOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOoooooo". For the love of god shut up! You're frightening the life out of me. You wouldn't think they were ruled by a dictator for 40 years the way they react to even the slightest upset or occurance (landing a plane ffs). Makes me want to move country everytime I hear them at it.

homerjay2005

doesnt bother me, it happens alot, especially in foreign countries or after long flights. i love flying and dont see the need to clap as it is normally routine, but alot of people are nervous flyers and they are relieved when they get there safely.

dont see why it bothers anybody, its just clapping for f*ck sake.

srsly78 wrote: »

Only ever had the displeasure of witnessing this phenomenon on Ryanair.

it happens every where, but as i said, its mostly a foreign thing, but of course irish do it too...

Latchy

It's just as cringeworthy as somebody smiling and waving back at themselfs on a tv screen in a high street shop window .

yupyup7up

flew by Ryanair from newcastle to dublin before and the plane nearly went through the runway, a load of girls screamed and everything and myself and the lads nearly had strokes! And then they played that little fanfare tune at the end as though it was a decent landing! bastards

Uriel.

When the first clap starts --- I go mad and starting clapping really loudly and shouting "fúck yeah.. wooooooo yeeeaaaaaaah" just for mockery sake. I have a great time doing it too... friends travelling with me... either join in or hang their heads in shame, depending on their mood

leakyboots

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

regarding the "Yet another on time flight" i heard that Ryanair adds time to their flights on paper so that when it lands they can claim that it's early. does anybody know if this is true?

it felt a bit strange when my flight from Edinburgh to Shannon was delayed by about 40 minutes and still arrived on time

and regarding clapping on planes and in cinemas...well, people are stupid. a load of them did it after harry potter two weeks ago

Every airline does this, they allow a window of x amount of mins (20?) and the time we're told we'll land is the maximum they expect.

I've seen the clapping on planes plenty of times, doesn't bother me unduly. As for the cinema, it's not unusual in America to have people clapping and jeering during and after films... strange... but you're allowed free refills of coke so...

LostGirly

Just home from a weekend in the sun and it happened on the plane going both ways! I couldn't believe it! No one claps for me every time I complete one of my every day tasks in my job! Jealous!!

syklops

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

regarding the "Yet another on time flight" i heard that Ryanair adds time to their flights on paper so that when it lands they can claim that it's early. does anybody know if this is true?

You kind of have it, but its not as sordid as you make it sound. They dont do it on paper so they can claim it was early, they overestimate how long it will take to get to the destination, so if there is a delay leaving the airport, they will still land on time.

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

it felt a bit strange when my flight from Edinburgh to Shannon was delayed by about 40 minutes and still arrived on time

There you go, it worked out for you. If you had a connecting flight, or a bus or train to catch you would have still been able to catch it despite a forty minute delay on the other end. Thank you Ryanair for your foresight.

Its a pity more airlines didnt do it.

Frank Black

yupyup7up wrote: »

flew by Ryanair from newcastle to dublin before and the plane nearly went through the runway, a load of girls screamed and everything and myself and the lads nearly had strokes! And then they played that little fanfare tune at the end as though it was a decent landing! bastards

The 'little fanfare tune' has nothing to do with the quality of the landing.

Minstrel27

Only on Ryanair have I seen this phenomenon. Plebs the lot of them.

Latchy

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Get the Madrid - Dublin Ryanair flight a fair bit and the Spanish clap everytime. They just like making a lot of noise at every opportunity and love the sound of themselves making that noise...I

If ever a race of people had a love affair with themselfs it's the noisy Spanish but their women are hot so we'll make allowances for it .

syklops

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Only on Ryanair have I seen this phenomenon. Plebs the lot of them.

Surely if everyone on the plane was a pleb, then you are calling yourself a pleb since you were on the plane too?

AnonoBoy

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Only on Ryanair have I seen this phenomenon. Plebs the lot of them.

I've been on planes all over the world where morons did this.

Does anyone remember the Ryanair 'song' that they used to play? It was a few years back and was f*cking atrocious. It had lyrics and everything.

connundrum

I clap at the end of a taxi journey.

Far more dangerous tbh (statistically and emotionally).

Condatis

I first experienced such applause the first time that I flew into Egypt. There were a lot of Muslim pilgrims on the plane and they started clapping when we landed – to the surprise of the group in the junket that I was on.

So far as I could tell it was mostly the Muslims who clapped. On internal flights afterwards, which for the most part carried locals, there was applause on every landing.

When we flew into Luxor our escort was waiting on the apron and they also were applauding.

naoise80

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I've been on planes all over the world where morons did this.

Does anyone remember the Ryanair 'song' that they used to play? It was a few years back and was f*cking atrocious. It had lyrics and everything.

A song with lyrics- What'll they think of next?

CrazyRabbit

Why stop at airplane journeys? I always give my taxi drivers a clap when they reach the correct destination, especially if they didn't use GPS.

For bus drivers, I reach my hand in through that little window to shake their hands just before I get off, but they usually just look like a deer in headlights and freeze.

It's a lot of fun on trains. I always go to the front carriage, and as the train pulls in to the stop, I bang on the door to the drivers cabin and shout "Hey you!", followed a few moments later by "Well done".

AnonoBoy

naoise80 wrote: »

A song with lyrics- What'll they think of next?

Touché!

I was trying to differentiate it from the jingle that they play.

Dravokivich

naoise80 wrote: »

A song with lyrics- What'll they think of next?

Charging you for humming the harmony.

Minstrel27

syklops wrote: »

Surely if everyone on the plane was a pleb, then you are calling yourself a pleb since you were on the plane too?

It is quite obvious that them = the people doing the clapping.

Lord TSC

RE: The cinema clapping; it strikes me Americans are really in to letting their emotions be known during films. I went to see the last Batman film in America and they were cheering and booing for half the movie :S

I once saw a bus driver get a round of applause in America as well when he picked us up from the hotels and brought us to the airport. Was weird :P

Toots

I've clapped on planes a few times where they've made a nice smooth landing in horrible weather, flying back from Hong Kong a few years ago the weather was atrocious and the plane was bouncing all over the place when we were descending but the landing was perfect, light as a feather onto the tarmac.

Can't understand why people clap on a Ryanair flight, maybe it's a sense of relief knowing they'll be able to get off the plane soon?

Motley Crue

I've been in the States to watch films and, at random times, I've seen films get standing ovations from members of the audience - not a film festival, nobody from the production present...maybe they wanted to give that nice man with the camera at the back a chance to turn off the light

sensibleken

I actually think you are legally obliged to stab people who clap when a plane lands in the face.

the same goes for people who clap when a film ends

Blazer

Was at Harry Potter last night and some ghey attempted to clap at the end...what a tool!!!
Clapping on planes..ur a tool!! unless both wings have fallen off and the pilot still manages to land...then he deserves a clap...otherwise it's the autopilot you should be clapping.

Mongarra

Maybe it's a USA thing that others are copying now, like many USA habits. The first time I heard it was on a New York to Shannon flight and the Americans clapped. It may have been an emotional thing for some of them arriving safely on "the old sod".

I was on a Dublin - Charleroi Ryanair recently and there was no clapping but despite the late arrival the trumpet salute sounded.

Sky King

As a pilot, clapping on planes is for nobs. The pilot is SUPPOSED to be able to land it, you nobs! Why are you acting surprised and excited when (s)he does this successfully?

Luckily I only ever got the clap on a plane once and it was from an air hostess.

xzanti

Yeah I hate this, cringeworthy stuff.. I notice it usually happens on outgoing package holiday flights a lot.. not so much when we land back in Dublin though..

nachoman

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I've been to the cinema where people clapped at the end.

It was a normal screening, not a film festival, nobody involved in the production was present.

Whist with your clapping would ya!

Shudder *cringe* shudder.