Don't clap too early after landing
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Don't clap too early after landing
They did on this Air Astana flight in Khazakstan. Then look at what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye3aCdga4rI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye3aCdga4rI
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Good filming - is that Spielberg onboard?
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People who clap after a landing are mouth-breathers.
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It seems to me that your opinion denigrating people who are pleased with the flight crew's performance and express same through a universally accepted method of showing it says much more about you than them.
Being stupid around airplanes is a capital offence and nature is a hanging judge!
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You're entitled to your opinion, but I don't clap every time I leave the dentist, or the barista hands me my coffee. I'd be embarrassed if my passengers did it to me. Were they expecting me to crash but I miraculously pulled off the landing and spared their lives?
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When I clap, it's out of pure sarcasm.
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Very common in some of these countries, where someone may fly rarely and safety historically isn't as good as ours. I don't do it, but I get it. Whatever.FighterPilot wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:53 amYou're entitled to your opinion, but I don't clap every time I leave the dentist, or the barista hands me my coffee. I'd be embarrassed if my passengers did it to me. Were they expecting me to crash but I miraculously pulled off the landing and spared their lives?
Yeah, maybe seems a bit over the top, but I see more joy and smiles over there, than here, both in other pax and in the flight attendants. Interesting, isn't it, with all we have ---
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You guys re so jaded - I just thought it was an expression of "Yay - we're home!" And incidentally, I may not clap for the dentist, but I do thank him. Since you may not get to meet your pilots face to face, perhaps it is a way that some people say thanks.
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Not jaded, not even a commercial pilot...but the applause on landing always makes me think, "seriously?!". Just seems a little derp.
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The only time I've ever heard pax clapping is when they arrive at their Latin American all-inclusive vacation destination airport. Never when they return from their trips though.
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My most clapworthy moment was on an AC 757 or 67, can't remember the type, in to YYZ, came within inches of cartwheeling down the runway during a crosswind. The image of the wingtip so close to the ground is still burned into my mind. I yelled "F@ck!", I'm sure some people crapped their pants as they were looking down at the speeding earth below. After we smashed into the runway and full stopped, people were clapping because they weren't dead.
I have applauded 2 perfect landings before. Those are a rare treat.
I have applauded 2 perfect landings before. Those are a rare treat.
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..because I made good life choices? LOL!
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It’s a way of showing appreciation and a job well done. My god get off your high horses.
By some people’s logic I shouldn't thank the dentist either because all they’re doing is rendering a service in exchange for cash. Your cash is thanks enough.
By some people’s logic I shouldn't thank the dentist either because all they’re doing is rendering a service in exchange for cash. Your cash is thanks enough.
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Do you expect professional actors in a theater to forget their lines? If not, why do you clap?FighterPilot wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:53 am
You're entitled to your opinion, but I don't clap every time I leave the dentist, or the barista hands me my coffee. I'd be embarrassed if my passengers did it to me. Were they expecting me to crash but I miraculously pulled off the landing and spared their lives?
Do you expect professional musicians in an orchestra to forget their lines? If not, why do you clap?
Do you forget god like rock stars to screw up their songs? If not, why do you clap?
That being said, I don't clap after landing either. Except maybe when my FO pulls off his first greaser
As an AvCanada discussion grows longer:
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
-the probability of 'entitlement' being mentioned, approaches 1
-one will be accused of using bad airmanship
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Re: Don't clap too early after landing
If the pilots pull off a landing while facing their passengers, sure, I'll clap out of relief.Do you expect professional actors in a theater to forget their lines? If not, why do you clap?
Do you expect professional musicians in an orchestra to forget their lines? If not, why do you clap?
Do you forget god like rock stars to screw up their songs? If not, why do you clap?
For better or worse, we have different standards for live performances of artistic works in front of an audience -- even if they have been playing the same thing for 180 nights running to a large crowd.
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I guess we'll have to wait until pilot-less commercial air travel becomes a thing just to see if people are in fact applauding the pilot or simply the fact that they didn't die after hurtling through the sky at hundreds of knots.