"facw" (facw)
09/19/2019 at 23:40 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Washington Post, Clapping, Weirdos
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"facw" (facw)
09/19/2019 at 23:40 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Washington Post, Clapping, Weirdos | 0
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Is this still a thing people do? I saw it a lot after 9/11 (and hated it), but I can’t even remember the last time I’ve been on a flight where people did this... Do I need to be flying to the mid-west more or something? Is it a hokey thing that some airline I don’t fly encourages? Is the Post just 15 years behind on their trends?
Do you applaud when your plane touches down?
atfsgeoff
> facw
09/19/2019 at 23:49 |
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I think it’s corny but acceptably so
; it’s a genuine miracle that commercial air travel is as safe as it is, and celebrating that miracle upon every landing is OK with me.
CB
> facw
09/19/2019 at 23:49 |
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Unless there’s an emergency onboard that the pilot needs to use his skills to pay the bills, no to clapping.
It’s like when people clap in a movie theatre.
AestheticsInMotion
> facw
09/19/2019 at 23:51 |
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I’ve never seen this in real life, but would be pretty annoyed if it was a routine flight or just a bit choppy.
Now if the pilot performed some crazy aerial maneuvers to get a severely malfunctioning aircraft landed safely, that would be another story.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> facw
09/19/2019 at 23:56 |
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ive been on one flight where clapping happened after landing
heavy crosswinds caught the plane just before touchdown
i think the clapping mostly happened to try and hide the fact that everyone just shat their pants and were more than a little bit surprised to have not landed upside down
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:00 |
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I’ve witnessed this twice in my life after particularly bumpy flight when everything hit the ceiling and a very very crabby landing in Seattle.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:04 |
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I don't clap, but I'm not irked by everyone else's choice to clap.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:04 |
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Clap cheeks on planes.
jminer
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:05 |
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I’ve only seen it a couple times and not in years. I fly about twice a month too.
I find it mildly irritating, but not overly so. I do feel very strongly about people that clap after a movie - those are bad people.
lone_liberal
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:12 |
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I was on a flight where we all clapped on takeoff. Of course it was leaving Diego Garcia so the celebration was called for.
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facw
> lone_liberal
09/20/2019 at 00:15 |
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It looks like a paradise from satellite photos, but I can imagine it being less appealing in person, and that even its charms might get old fast.
DipodomysDeserti
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:15 |
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I was on a flight this summer that ended with an exceptionally hard landing. Everyone kind of let out a breathe when we hit and a kid around seven years old yelled out, “what the heeeeell was that?!”, which got everyone laughing. I approve of that type of response. We should have all boo’d.
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lone_liberal
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:29 |
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It would be a paradise, for a few weeks. We were stationed there for a year. The isolation (pre-internet days ), lack of a civilian populace, boredom, and the terrible food turned it in to hell. The drinking on that island was epic.
Chariotoflove
> facw
09/20/2019 at 00:51 |
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Maybe it’s appreciation for a soft touchdown? I never see this.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> facw
09/20/2019 at 01:05 |
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An 8 hour Ryanair flight into Kiev.
I think they would have applauded if we had crashed to end our misery soo.
Svend
> facw
09/20/2019 at 02:16 |
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Clapping on a plane?
If I was a pilot I'd find that very patronising. Lol.
AdverseMartyr
> facw
09/20/2019 at 04:52 |
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Some of it’s cultural. My wife has told me that it happens on pretty much every flight in Bulgaria. Though I believe she throws in something about drunk Russians as an excuse.
Rainbow
> facw
09/20/2019 at 06:31 |
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On my most recent flight, a guy was flying for the first time and started shaking and hyperventilating when we were descending. So a few people near him did a soft applause and patted him on the back and stuff when we landed, just to say he held it together well (even though he honestly didn't). That seemed fitting, but I agree that the whole plane clapping is dumb.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> facw
09/20/2019 at 12:26 |
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If the pilot performs an Ace maneuver in crap conditions, I’d clap. But for a normal landing, no need.