Why are you idiots clapping when the plane lands? (mild)

[VinylTurnip]

@Random_Design

@even_sven

WTF, that’s a little uncalled for. A “cute anecdote about people clapping for airplanes” story is not uncalled for in a “people clapping for airplanes” thread. If you have an issue with me it’d be far more productive to address me directly (or use the ever-handy “ignore feature”) rather than randomly snarking innocuous posts.

Actually it kind of is uncalled for, seeing as the thread isn’t titled people clapping, but rather idiots clapping. I don’t think the OP was looking for any heart-warming cutesie tales of natives doing what he’s complaining about.

Agreed. Reinstated.
(j/k)

[Michael_Ellis]

@msmith537

Maybe you should go die in a blood drenched fiery ball of twisted metal you hypersensitive jackass. Then you’d see me clap.

Now why don’t you take a deep breath, stop pretending as if I should know or care why you have such personal animosity towards me, and shove a dildo up your ass.

Wow, someone’s got a full diaper.

[Freudian_Slit]

@msmith537

Maybe you should go die in a blood drenched fiery ball of twisted metal you hypersensitive jackass. Then you’d see me clap.

Now why don’t you take a deep breath, stop pretending as if I should know or care why you have such personal animosity towards me, and shove a dildo up your ass.

claps hands I do believe in dildos up assholes, I do, I do, I do!

[Philliam]

To help ratchet the contention down a bit I’ve only experienced the phenomenon in South America, notably on a flight into Caracas in the '80’s (on VIASA as I recall). The flight was in a clapped-out (pun not intended) Boeing 707, full to the aisles with Spanish speakers. When we landed, the plane erupted with applause, cheers and then what sounded like a futbol fight-song. At the time it seemed like an appropriate release of built-up tension and joy at being safe at home after a long, bumpy ride. I sure didn’t consider the participants to be idiots, just happy, relieved people.

[JRDelirious]

@Shagnasty

As mentioned, only certain groups tend to do it. Puerto Ricans and Italians do and I can believe they do it in Eastern Europe as well although I have never been there. If you don’t go to places dominated by passengers on flights, you wouldn’t normally see it.

And even here it’s dying off. Normally I don’t mind much, by the time we land I’m usually numb from the overall displeasure of modern airline travel.
… Except for that one final leg connection to SJU where at the departure lounge some Papi’s-little-college-fund-girl-hipster type kept *loudly telling her companion and for the benefit of everyone else at the gate about how of course she will clap, and she always claps, because Soy Boricua, pa’que tu lo sepas and one has to be true to herself and the tradition has to be kept, and people no longer clap because they’re embarrassed of being who they are and they can never be anything else and so on and on and on…

Oh, please, honey… I am happy when the humble families, young soldiers and old grandparents cheer to have made it home for the holidays; I am sorry you are so fragile in your identity that something so mundane has to be turned into an act of national affirmation.
(* *" 'cause I’m Puerto Rican, just so y’know" *- a common catchphrasem she did not use the exact words but it gets to the spirit of the message)

[Morella]

The passengers never clap when I land the plane, but, then again…I fly cargo.

I am reminded of a funny story, though. Another pilot and I went to hitch a ride on Horizon Air, which is Alaska’s commuter, to go skiing. They had a policy of “no blue jeans for non-revenue passengers”, and the ticket agent didn’t want to let us on the plane, but we finally talked her into letting us ask the captain. Not one of the passengers getting into the Metroliner was dressed up, and when we asked the captain if we could wear jeans onto the plane, he just rolled his eyes and gestured for us to get on board. When we landed in Hailey, as we were walking off of the plane, I told the captain, “Thanks for the ride”, and so, of course, every passenger who got off of the plane behind me had to say, “Thanks for the ride.” Silly people, passengers are.

What I want to know is, why do people gather around the ramp to watch an aircraft that is in trouble land, and then applaud when the plane comes down safely? You know they’re all there to watch a fireball, so why do they clap when you disappoint them?

[Miller]

@msmith537

Maybe you should go die in a blood drenched fiery ball of twisted metal you hypersensitive jackass. Then you’d see me clap.

Just a reminder that it’s against board rules to wish death on other posters. Please don’t do this again. Or, at the very least, try to save it for a subject that isn’t as painfully stupid as this one.

[KarlGrenze]

@JRDelirious

… Except for that one final leg connection to SJU where at the departure lounge some Papi’s-little-college-fund-girl-hipster type kept *loudly telling her companion and for the benefit of everyone else at the gate about how of course she will clap, and she always claps, because Soy Boricua, pa’que tu lo sepas and one has to be true to herself and the tradition has to be kept, and people no longer clap because they’re embarrassed of being who they are and they can never be anything else and so on and on and on…

Oh, please, honey… I am happy when the humble families, young soldiers and old grandparents cheer to have made it home for the holidays; I am sorry you are so fragile in your identity that something so mundane has to be turned into an act of national affirmation.

I was going to second your comment about it dying off. I rarely notice it, not a lot of people do it. Although I guess it may also depend on how bumpy was the ride.

In the case you described, I’d be biting my tongue trying not to talk politics with the young woman. Now, that would’ve been something more traditional.