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Do you get a thrill out of a plane landing safely when

  • 18-09-2015 06:47PM
    #1
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭


    you've expected it to crash and be burned alive?


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  • #2
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    William F wrote: »
    you've expected it to crash and be burned alive?

    You referring to when everyone claps when the plane lands? With an average of 3 rtn flights a year, for the last 20 odd, have only felt like doing that once.


  • #3
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    You referring to when everyone claps when the plane lands? With an average of 3 rtn flights a year, for the last 20 odd, have only felt like doing that once.

    I think they only do that when you go on package holidays and everyones drunk.


  • #4
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    I clap in the same way I clap when the bus arrives at my destination.


  • #5
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    William F wrote: »
    I think they only do that when you go on package holidays and everyones drunk.

    Have seen it a few times on Knock/Dublin to London flights and on return. In fairness both Knock and Gatwick can be rough, although have only been tempted to clap once on landing there.


  • #6
    agent graves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 354 ✭✭agent graves


    people who clap on planes make me cringe..


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  • #7
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Have seen it a few times on Knock/Dublin to London flights and on return. In fairness both Knock and Gatwick can be rough, although have only been tempted to clap once on landing there.



    They clap on take off from Knock.


  • #8
    StonyIron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭StonyIron


    I notice it's only on flights where people don't fly that often.

    On business heavy, frequent flier flights you'd get sneering looks if you started clapping on Dublin or Cork to LHR, Amsrerdam, Paris CDG etc etc


  • #9
    fergiesfolly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    I get a thrill when the plane lands and my wife lets go of the vice like grip of my hand.
    And a nice tingly feeling as the blood returns to my fingers.


  • #10
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Big buala bos!


  • #11
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    agent graves wrote: »
    people who clap on planes make me cringe..

    They should be shot on landing


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  • #12
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    fergiesfolly wrote: »
    I get a thrill when the plane lands and my wife lets go of the vice like grip of my hand.
    And a nice tingly feeling as the blood returns to my fingers.


    Wouldn't attempt the mile high club so.


  • #13
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    I boo and heckle the pilots if the landing wasn't smooth.


  • #14
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    You referring to when everyone claps when the plane lands? With an average of 3 rtn flights a year, for the last 20 odd, have only felt like doing that once.

    I've never taken a flight where people clap. Does this actually happen?


  • #15
    magick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭magick


    I find it makes an interesting plot twist


  • #16
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    I'm not particularly fond of flying alone but on this particular occasion on a long haul flight I had the courtesy of listening to Ac DC's Hell's Bells while landing. I think the pilot may of forgotten to turn off the entertainment system.


  • #17
    Mr.Carter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 209 ✭✭Mr.Carter


    Only when we returned from out foreign on 14/09/2001....


  • #18
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,598 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    The clapping nonsense is bizarre and seems mostly confined to infrequent fliers.

    If you want to thank the captain then just acknowledge him when departing the flight. They usually stand next to the cabin crew at the front of the plane when departing.


  • #19
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    If I was ever going down on a plane hurtling towards the ocean at speed I'd start up a rousing round of sarcastic, slow clap applause


  • #20
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    Why clap? Do people clap getting off a bus?


  • #21
    cowboyBuilder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭cowboyBuilder


    William F wrote: »
    you've expected it to crash and be burned alive?


    Yeah, and when I get out of a car I cry and kiss the ground and scream thank God I haven't been killed ...:rolleyes:

    Seriously tho, No, I´m not a ****ing idiot and any morons that clap when a f*cking plane lands doesn't have the slightest clue about statistics.


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  • #22
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    I still get a thrill out of a nice smooth landing, but sometimes on short wet runways with horrible weather at night, then its a bloody thrill to just walk away alive :):)


  • #23
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    Tarzana2 wrote: »
    I've never taken a flight where people clap. Does this actually happen?

    Me neither.


  • #24
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    Idiotic applause, whooping and hollering tends to be confined to cattle class. Can't say I've had to listen it to through the curtain into Business Class recently, so that's something. I've no doubt it still goes on though, more than likely amongst a bunch of red-faced savages on a charter flight to Playas del Sunburn. The sort who take deep pride on displaying their ignorance at every opportunity.


  • #25
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    cowboyBuilder wrote: »
    Yeah, and when I get out of a car I cry and kiss the ground and scream thank God I haven't been killed ...:rolleyes:

    Seriously tho, No, I´m not a ****ing idiot and any morons that clap when a f*cking plane lands doesn't have the slightest clue about statistics.

    What have statistics got to do with flying in a metal tube surrounded by fuel cylinders at 30ooo feet?


  • #26
    Sofa King Great
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Sofa King Great


    If you hear the co pilot clap that's a time you should be glad you landed safely


  • #27
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭johnayo


    Sofa King Great wrote: »
    If you hear the pilot has the clap that's a time you should be glad you landed safely

    Fixed that for you.:confused:


  • #28
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Sofa King Great wrote: »
    If you hear the co pilot clap that's a time you should be glad you landed safely

    When you see the co pilot going past your window with a parachute, you know you're fcuked.


  • #29
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    When you see the co pilot going past your window with a parachute, you know you're fcuked.

    Well if he does that after we've landed then he's not very bright


  • #30
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    jamesbere wrote: »
    Well if he does that after we've landed then he's not very bright

    At 30,000 feet it's a little more disconcerting though.


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  • #31
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    I have heard it on charter flights for travel companies, Budget Travel, Falcon and the like. I always assumed it was more of a "Hooray! Our holiday starts here" kind of thing.


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