WTF - Clapping when the plane lands.
Discussion
Bluebarge said:
He can also marry people onboard and have them clapped in irons. Bit more than a minicab driver I think you'll find. A ship's captain is God of all he surveys and the dining with the captain thing is an old tradition.
This.Imagine that you are holidaying in a small far flung country and the head of state invites you to diner. That's effectively what the Captain is (although I am not sure if it is 'more so' outside territorial waters and inside them!)
Ki3r said:
It's people clapping at the end of a film at the cinema that pisses me off. No need for it.
Only time I've had people clapping when a plane lands is in America.And the only time I've had people clapping at the cinema was also in America - after we had watched Saving Private Ryan on it's opening night.
el stovey said:
hman said:
I dont understand it either - you dont clap a bus driver when they manage to stop at a bus stop safely and flying airlines is basically the same with wings, a bigger bus stop and a longer journey.
I've never stopped a bus at a stop but I've stopped a car at a stop and landed a big plane, landing the big plane was definitely harder and involved much more training.
What a bunch of snobby, miserable buggers, what's wrong with people showing appreciation for something?
Embarrassing.
Mr Pointy said:
I was working in Moscow in the mid eighties when it was a pretty grim place to be - for example you had to bribe your way in to the restaurant in your own hotel. A soon as the wheels left the tarmac on the BA flight out of Sheremetyevo everyone burst into applause at the sheer relief to be getting out. I've never seen the drinks trolley appear so fast.
It's still a s
thole and that's still the protocol!Bluebarge said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
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.
He can also marry people onboard and have them clapped in irons. Bit more than a minicab driver I think you'll find. A ship's captain is God of all he surveys and the dining with the captain thing is an old tradition.We eat turkey at Xmas out of tradition. It's crap. Not nearly as nice as chicken, beef or lamb. They sell very little of it the rest of the year.
But ask someone why they brush their teeth and they won't say it's tradition, they will get you good reasons for doing it.
Rude-boy said:
Bluebarge said:
He can also marry people onboard and have them clapped in irons. Bit more than a minicab driver I think you'll find. A ship's captain is God of all he surveys and the dining with the captain thing is an old tradition.
This.Imagine that you are holidaying in a small far flung country and the head of state invites you to diner. That's effectively what the Captain is
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Tradition is an excuse people use to carry on doing stupid stuff when they can't think of a proper, logical or decent reason to do it.
We eat turkey at Xmas out of tradition. It's crap. Not nearly as nice as chicken, beef or lamb. They sell very little of it the rest of the year.
But ask someone why they brush their teeth and they won't say it's tradition, they will get you good reasons for doing it.
Turkey isn't especially traditional in the UK.We eat turkey at Xmas out of tradition. It's crap. Not nearly as nice as chicken, beef or lamb. They sell very little of it the rest of the year.
But ask someone why they brush their teeth and they won't say it's tradition, they will get you good reasons for doing it.
I remember the clapping thing used to happen on charter flights years ago when my kids were young and package holidays were very convenient, I have done my best to avoid charter flights in more recent years, however a few weeks ago I was on a family holiday, charter flight and there was no clapping on landing.
All the holidays we had with the kids were to Spain, recent one was to Rhodes, could that be the difference ?
As for clapping after a movie, that is just stupid.
All the holidays we had with the kids were to Spain, recent one was to Rhodes, could that be the difference ?
As for clapping after a movie, that is just stupid.
Nom de ploom said:
have you ever landed at LBA on a less than perfect day?
if you haven't give it a go, you find you bring the flats of your hands together in a repeating motion.
Did that last year, the landing was that heavy I expected to see the wheel arms poking through the wing, if you haven't give it a go, you find you bring the flats of your hands together in a repeating motion.
A few years ago I landed at Newcastle Airport it was during the winter when there was a lot of snow on the ground, the pilot had told us its was cold with light winds, as we dropped down through the clouds we started to get some buffeting and noticed we were in a snow storm, at one point I was looking down the wing at the runway but he got us down and yes I clapped, they closed the Airport after our landing, 50 MPH cross winds make for an interesting landing.
Thankyou4calling said:
It won't happen on flights to Madeira.
One of the worst flights I've been on was to Madeira, took two goes with the pilot saying we'd be diverted to Lisbon if he didn't land the second time. Strange approach and having sea on both sides of the runway didn't fill me with confidence. Heathrow it isn't Lovely place though
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