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

El Horseboxo · 18-09-2015 08:26PM

I've been on a good few flights in Latin America where they clap on landing. I think some of it is because airplane travel is such a novelty to poorer people traveling by plane. Possibly their first time.

smurfjed · 18-09-2015 08:33PM

Forget the clapping, how would you feel if all the passengers started praying before takeoff ?

stimpson · 18-09-2015 08:33PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

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

You'd go down on a whole plane?

In that case you deserve the applause.

Victor · 18-09-2015 08:35PM

Those people that clap when the plan lands. It's like celebrating that gravity won against those dastardly aeronautical engineers again.

18-09-2015 08:36PM

kneemos wrote: »

They clap on take off from Knock.

And they get the clap on landing at Magaluf.

Banjo String · 18-09-2015 08:45PM

Jada Short Scalpel wrote: »

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

I hate to be the one to break it to you.

You have the clap.

cowboyBuilder · 18-09-2015 08:48PM

William F wrote: »

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

Maybe because flying in a "metal tube surrounded by fuel cylinders at 30ooo feet" is 1000s of times safer then driving in a metal box controlled by any monkey that can achieve a driving license - on a highway that has other similar metal boxes controlled by God knows who ...

Banjo String · 18-09-2015 08:50PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

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.

It's a curtain Aongus. Not 8 inches of reinforced feckin concrete.:pac:

mynameis905 · 18-09-2015 09:04PM

On a commercial flight no but I took lessons in flying gliders a few years ago and the first few times I went up I nearly kissed the ground after landing. Any little bit of turbulence at all feels like going over a speedbump in your boxers. If you look down all you can see is the ground, 3000 feet below and off to the sides two very long and frail wings wobbling around that you watched getting bolted on a few minutes earlier. I think I chain smoked for a solid hour after the first landing.

joe_six_cans · 18-09-2015 09:07PM

its silly but i always think cabin crew and pilots must be very brave people , with all that flying , i often think they surely will be involved in a crash eventually

of course the vast majority dont

yet this enters my head every time i fly

DoYouEvenLift · 18-09-2015 09:08PM

One time, when the winds were fuking ridiculous coming into Dublin and the plane seemed to keep going up and down until it finally landed really hard.

...I still didn't clap.

joe_six_cans · 18-09-2015 09:09PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Maybe because flying in a "metal tube surrounded by fuel cylinders at 30ooo feet" is 1000s of times safer then driving in a metal box controlled by any monkey that can achieve a driving license - on a highway that has other similar metal boxes controlled by God knows who ...

true but you have nearly zero chance of surviving a plan crash compare to a car crash and that is what people focus on

18-09-2015 09:10PM

Piloting a plane doesn't really compare to driving a bus in terms of skills and training, but no, I've never clapped on landing and I've only been on one flight where it happened. It was to a holiday resort, so that is probably why.

mynameis905 · 18-09-2015 09:12PM

joe_six_cans wrote: »

true but you have nearly zero chance of surviving a plan crash compare to a car crash and that is what people focus on

Nope. Odds of surviving a plane crash are almost 95%. Even the very worst crashes have an average survival rate of 76%

Son Of A Vidic · 18-09-2015 09:13PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Can't say I've had to listen it to through the curtain into Business Class recently

I thought a man of your disposition would only travel by private jet.

Fecking peasant!

Whitewinged · 18-09-2015 09:21PM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

One time, when the winds were fuking ridiculous coming into Dublin and the plane seemed to keep going up and down until it finally landed really hard.

...I still didn't clap.

Yes if there is alot of turbulence i am on edge for the whole flight.

I just get this feeling for the whole flight that any second the plane could just drop

Massimo Cassagrande · 18-09-2015 10:36PM

Whitewinged wrote: »

Yes if there is alot of turbulence i am on edge for the whole flight.

I just get this feeling for the whole flight that any second the plane could just drop

I hate flying. Landing in a tropical storm with the plane sideways, up, down, all over the shop - when we touched down, never mind the clap, I'd have blown the pilot if he'd looked for it tbh. Butt clenched? It was in a vice grip.

Sunnyisland · 18-09-2015 10:43PM

Don't get the clapping at all, Suppose it's just to say thank you for getting us there ?

Is it only the Irish that do it ?

joe_six_cans · 19-09-2015 11:18AM

mynameis905 wrote: »

Nope. Odds of surviving a plane crash are almost 95%. Even the very worst crashes have an average survival rate of 76%

im not talking about the kind of minor collision where two airlines clip wings while on the ground at the airport

indioblack · 19-09-2015 12:16PM

Victor wrote: »

Those people that clap when the plan lands. It's like celebrating that gravity won against those dastardly aeronautical engineers again.

Had to fly from Bristol to Cork the Christmas before last for a funeral.
At the airport the flight was cancelled - something wrong with the plane.
Next morning, out to the airport again and into the bus to take us to the plane.
As we stopped by the plane we saw scaffolding at the tail of the plane - and a man on it with a screwdriver.
No applause, but a lot of nervous laughter and forced humour.

Whitewinged · 19-09-2015 12:32PM

I remember going on holidays and we were just getting ready to take off.

The pilot did his welcoming speech. When he said "we will be arriving in crete at approx 2pm", a couple jumped up and said "oh we are on the wrong plane" and got off.

i just remember thinking how our passports and tickets had been "checked" by staff about 10 times before getting on the plane so how could this happen.

I know its different staff but now i always worry about human error when it comes to the checks that the engineers have to perform on the actual plane before its aloud to go on a flight. How does that work? Are there certain mechanical checks they have to perform before every flight?

NachoBusiness · 19-09-2015 12:44PM

Yes, and I am one of those that applaud as soon as planes land also.
Which is one of the reasons I was fired from my job in the airport.

CFlat · 19-09-2015 01:01PM

Ive never been on a flight where people clap when the plane lands but then I'm very infrequent flyer.

Imagine going to the counter of a shop and asking the member of staff to get you an item, you pay for it and then clap them for doing it. Seems a bit condescending TBH. ie, Well arnt you the great lad for doing ur job. Round of applause everyone.

Yamanoto · 19-09-2015 01:03PM

It's far from a charter only or Irish only phenomena.

I've witnessed it often enough on full service carriers, though it rarely happens on domestic US flights - where a round of applause is occasionally given to members of the military & it's also not uncommon for those travelling in J to offer their seats up to soldiers in uniform.

Buona Fortuna · 19-09-2015 01:15PM

Many years ago was coming into Knock on an Aer Arann flight.

There were just three seats across with a gangway up the middle, so two seats and one.

I was next to my wife and the weather was an unusual driving windy rain.

The pilot tried to land once obviously thought "fcuk it" and went round again. My wife says "This is fun", I'm thinking - Do I say Goodbye, love you - what?

On that circuit, the plane suddenly dropped about 20 feet. My wife shrieked. A little kid in one of the single seats started laughing and the man behind him, dropped his roasary beads and momentarily stopped his chant.

My wife started to grip my hand really tightly. I decided that honesty probably was not the best policy and said "We're grand so".

Anyway he got the fcuking thing down with two massive bumps on the tarmac and everyone clapped and cheered.

The pilot came on the PA and said yes it had been a bit hairy but he hadn't had enough fuel to get to where ever else.

Hated flying since.

mynameis905 · 19-09-2015 03:51PM

joe_six_cans wrote: »

im not talking about the kind of minor collision where two airlines clip wings while on the ground at the airport

Did you even read my post? Even the worst crashes have an average survival rate of 76%

joe_six_cans · 19-09-2015 03:57PM

mynameis905 wrote: »

Did you even read my post? Even the worst crashes have an average survival rate of 76%

sounds completely inaccurate , have you a source ?

mynameis905 · 19-09-2015 04:06PM

joe_six_cans wrote: »

sounds completely inaccurate , have you a source ?

No I decided to make up a number and 76% sounded good like.

Evidently so did the NTSB

Despite these disasters, the truth about most airplane accidents is that people do survive. In fact, according to the US government, 95.7 percent of the passengers involved in aviation accidents make it out alive. That's right. When the National Transportation Safety Board studied accidents between 1983 and 2000 involving 53,487 passengers, they found that 51,207 survived. That's 95.7 percent. When you exclude crashes in which no one had a chance of surviving - like Pan Am 103 - the NTSB says the survival rate in the most serious crashes is 76.6 percent.

Baron Kurtz · 19-09-2015 04:07PM

Ruu wrote: »

Big buala bos!

Bualla bos mor!

Pinch Flat · 19-09-2015 04:08PM

I love flying - I wanted to be a pilot when I was younger and flew small 2 and 4 seater planes so rarely freaked out. Love everything about commercial aviation.

Was flying to London a few years with into Gatwick - it was absolutely belting down when we left Dublin and a very bumpy flight on the way - plane was rising and dropping to gasps on board. When we came to land, the captain came on and said it was going to be a bumpy landing - reminded everyone to check where the emergency exits were and to familiarise ourselves with the brace position.

Plane landed and Seemed to be skidding all over the runway until it was eventually brought to a stop. Was relieved to get off that evening.

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

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