WTF - Clapping when the plane lands.
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
And another thing. My in laws went of a cruise and they were honoured to be invited to have dinner with the captain?!?!
Wtf is that all about. Never mind dinner with the captain. You have dinner, he drives the boat. That's the deal. He can have a chicken leg at the wheel.
Would they be honoured if they were in the back of a mini cab and the driver asked them to sit in the front and have a kebab with him. It's outrageous.
f
k off captain and drive the boat, like you're paid to.
Roared at this post, brilliant. Wtf is that all about. Never mind dinner with the captain. You have dinner, he drives the boat. That's the deal. He can have a chicken leg at the wheel.
Would they be honoured if they were in the back of a mini cab and the driver asked them to sit in the front and have a kebab with him. It's outrageous.
f
k off captain and drive the boat, like you're paid to.
Good Lord, how strange? Not normally, no - I've only ever experienced this twice in my life, and that was after what you might describe as a 'challenging' landing.
First time coming into Gatwick over the 'Laker's revenge' hangars, which caused some nasty wind-shear and turbulence on a particular approach...
Second time on approach to Tenerife, with some serious wind - another well-known difficult approach in such circumstances, where we did a TOGA.
First time coming into Gatwick over the 'Laker's revenge' hangars, which caused some nasty wind-shear and turbulence on a particular approach...
Second time on approach to Tenerife, with some serious wind - another well-known difficult approach in such circumstances, where we did a TOGA.
Don't know about clapping, but we once had a load of young Irish nuns on board when I used to co-pilot a small business jet. One of them produced an acoustic guitar once we were in the cruise and the 4 of them started a singalong. It would have been 'Airplane' all over again if we'd also had a sick kid on a drip. The extended praying that began in the descent was a bit unusual. We couldn't believe the mess they left in the cabin either; one had left bubble gum stuck in the carpet (seriously).
750turbo said:
Ryanair - Utterly bizarre. "Another On Time Flight Arrival - TaaDaaaaaa..."
Last year I had to fly a lot for work between Edinburgh and Dublin. Mixture of Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights. What we noticed flying this route on a frequent basis was the Ryanair schedule advertised the flight as an hour but consistently was no more than about 40 to 45minutes. Looked like they were saying the flight was longer than it actually was to make all their arrivals look early or on time, so they can play that stupid fanfare! Preferred flying Aer Lingus as they had no stupid trumpets!As for clapping when the plane lands, In my experience it seems to be more when there are groups of people travelling together, hen/stag parties etc. Probably fuelled by alcohol! If I am wrong on that then no idea why they do it on a routine flight.
Edited by ch108 on Monday 18th August 22:48
ch108 said:
Last year I had to fly a lot for work between Edinburgh and Dublin. Mixture of Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights. What we noticed flying this route on a frequent basis was the Ryanair schedule advertised the flight as an hour but consistently was no more than about 40 to 45minutes. Looked like they were saying the flight was longer than it actually was to make all their arrivals look early or on time, so they can play that stupid fanfare! Preferred flying Aer Lingus as they had no stupid trumpets!
Yep, you're pretty much spot on there. Flew to Dublin and back once a week two years ago for work and I think in that time the flight filled the scheduled time slot on about two occasions, and that was because of congestion at the airport before departure holding it up.Rude-boy said:
Only time I can recall clapping was when we were the last flight to land at Katila Airport in Finland before they closed the place due to the high winds, low cloud and runways that were freezing as fast as they could clear them, bearing in mind that this place is used to it! Took three attempts and we knew that if the last one had not been spot on we would have been diverted and about a day of travel would ensue to get to where we should be!
Very much a job well done and must have taken some serious skill.
You don't compliment a chief as a rule, they are just doing their job, but occasionally you are served a plate that is so divine that you can't help but wish to pass on your compliments to the chief. Same thing, only they tend to get upset these days if you try to go to the cockpit to thank them
Ahh Katila, know it well ... more a strip of tarmac in the middle of nowhere ...Very much a job well done and must have taken some serious skill.
You don't compliment a chief as a rule, they are just doing their job, but occasionally you are served a plate that is so divine that you can't help but wish to pass on your compliments to the chief. Same thing, only they tend to get upset these days if you try to go to the cockpit to thank them
Few years back the flight over for the crew, no passengers, was so rough the crew had the sick bags out. How the hel they landed I have no idea, serious skill..
I've experienced clapping with particularly good landings, the sort that you hardly feel.
Edited by mph999 on Tuesday 19th August 00:24
glasgowrob said:
absolutely gutted sitting reading this thread,
been a taxi driver for nigh on ten years and I've never once had a round of applause for getting my punters within throwing distance of their front door.
that said had lunch with many a punter on long haul trips
Next time invite them to lunch with 'the captain' been a taxi driver for nigh on ten years and I've never once had a round of applause for getting my punters within throwing distance of their front door.
that said had lunch with many a punter on long haul trips
Report back with the reaction.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
And another thing. My in laws went of a cruise and they were honoured to be invited to have dinner with the captain?!?!
Wtf is that all about. Never mind dinner with the captain. You have dinner, he drives the boat. That's the deal. He can have a chicken leg at the wheel.
Would they be honoured if they were in the back of a mini cab and the driver asked them to sit in the front and have a kebab with him. It's outrageous.
fk off captain and drive the boat, like you're paid to.
If you want them to be suitably reassured that having dinner with them isn't adversely impacting the boat steering bit, get them to ask the captain how much time he spends on the bridge on a typical day. I expect you'll find that he has plenty of time to knock off a bottle of claret with the passengers over dinner. Wtf is that all about. Never mind dinner with the captain. You have dinner, he drives the boat. That's the deal. He can have a chicken leg at the wheel.
Would they be honoured if they were in the back of a mini cab and the driver asked them to sit in the front and have a kebab with him. It's outrageous.
f
k off captain and drive the boat, like you're paid to.
I'd be quite pleased if I was allowed to eat a kebab in a taxi! Miserable buggers usually prohibit food in the cab.
Thankfully I have only been actually terrified in an aircraft once and it wasn't the time performing stunts in an old Cessna 172. A scheduled flight coming into London at night during a thunderstorm.
The Captain had announced that we would be on the ground in ten minutes but 30 mins later we were still dropping, rolling and lurching all over the sky. There was the odd shriek but mainly everyone stared at each other in silence looking very worried indeed. I was sweating like a....well you know that analogy
When we finally hit the runway with a thump there was no applause, just an audible sigh of relief.
I always wonder what the crew look like in those moments. Are they holding their controls with grim determination, sweat pouring down their foreheads, white shirts sodden or are they enjoying some real flying time. Having so much fun that they have forgotten to tell the passengers that everything is ok.
Maybe we should be able to select a camera looking at the pilots, then again maybe we shouldn't.
The Captain had announced that we would be on the ground in ten minutes but 30 mins later we were still dropping, rolling and lurching all over the sky. There was the odd shriek but mainly everyone stared at each other in silence looking very worried indeed. I was sweating like a....well you know that analogy
When we finally hit the runway with a thump there was no applause, just an audible sigh of relief.
I always wonder what the crew look like in those moments. Are they holding their controls with grim determination, sweat pouring down their foreheads, white shirts sodden or are they enjoying some real flying time. Having so much fun that they have forgotten to tell the passengers that everything is ok.
Maybe we should be able to select a camera looking at the pilots, then again maybe we shouldn't.
croyde said:
I always wonder what the crew look like in those moments. Are they holding their controls with grim determination, sweat pouring down their foreheads, white shirts sodden or are they enjoying some real flying time. Having so much fun that they have forgotten to tell the passengers that everything is ok.
From what my BIL tells me they tend to move away from standard pilot speak and use expletives at each other a lot! He got clapped the other day coming into Rome which had a massive storm cell sitting right over the airport. It was the first time he found himself genuinely concerned as a pilot, but less because of the weather and more because it coincided with a nervous ATC guy who had lots of planes to get down.
Several aborted landings and changes in runway later, ATC bring him down to a 1000ft preparing for landing only to send him off left at the last minute.
Situational awareness between him and his CP thankfully kicked in as they realised ATC had aimed them directly towards a hill. Was 5 miles away but close enough for him to break a sweat.
Going back to the point - lots of concentrated monitoring of screens, checking of waypoints / maps, radio chat, and a lot of "f*cks".
tobinen said:
How did nuns come about being aboard a business jet?
I won't go into details but the flight was offered to the church by the owner, they didn't 'pay' as such. I assume they must have been some kind of special ops supernun unit, as they had to travel from England to Ireland to visit some shrine in the middle of a peat bog on a specific day. There it was, 2500m of runway right in the middle of what looked like Craggy Island, all built to deliver pilgrims to the nearby sacred site. As far as I could tell it had been designated as such after some bloke called Seamus saw the virgin mary appear in a field while he was on his way home from the pub one night after consuming two gallons of Toilet Duck. Anyone see that Channel 4 doco last night. "Worst place to be a pilot"
I'd applaud those landings and take offs.
Thread here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I'd applaud those landings and take offs.
Thread here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
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