Is clapping when a plane lands lovely or a bit cringe?

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Is a round of applause when a plane lands lovely or cringe?

I think it's lovely.

Probably just means that frequent fliers are more blase about the experience and don't find it as exciting as infrequent travellers.

It depends..a routine flight? No.
Landing safely when you've been told to brace for landing and the worst injury was a broken arm, yeah too right we clapped.

One is certainly more irritable than the other. With all that flying they do, you’d think they’d be more prepared for all the things they complain about with their air of superiority. They’d do well to learn some calming techniques to protect their blood pressure already at risk from flying a lot.

The Very Important people are too busy standing in the aisles to be first off to clap.

Instant up as soon as I can, sue me.

I don't care about getting off the plane faster, I just want to bloody move and stretch a bit.

Plus I am tall and strong, and almost always end up getting massive bags down for women under 5ft who can barely lift them.

I wait for the aisle to clear before I struggle to get my bag down...teeny tiny elderly lady that I am.

Londoners that are brought up well rather than dragged up will always thank the driver. Even a train driver if you pass them/their carriage. Or the conductor if there is one. It's just good manners.

I’ve only seen it once, on a Ryanair flight to Majorca and thought it was cringy.
But I wave at train passengers on my country walks which is probably very none U.
Thanking a bus driver is surely common courtesy.

I've only ever witnessed this when it's been a really rough landing.

How do you know frequent fliers don't do it?

Do you honestly believe that people on planes all over the skies above the US, a great many of whom will clap on touchdown, are infrequent fliers?
Of course you may well dismiss these people as uncouth by definition, because American...

Why do you care so much about 'aligning' with the blasé?

It's pure snobbery and yet another example of how the British are oppressed by the class system, and love and embrace that oppression.

That is pure snobbery right there. I used to be a frequent flier but now I just go on my annual trip every year. What should I do?

I feel like this isn’t a thing anymore anyway. Although I was once on a flight with a dodgy landing, very dodge. And people clapped and hugged each other. I had kind of disassociated myself so I just sat frozen. But in hindsight I should have joined in.

It's cringey but I blushingly remember doing it on at least one occasion when I was new to jetting off abroad and was mightily grateful to land safely after some turbulence.
Years and many flights later I still marvel at the massive amount of responsibility these jet pilots take on for hundreds of lives. They must be very tough psychologically as well as highly skilled.
I wouldn't want to drive a community bus!

Funny, I’ve only seen it on British and Australian flights

I think it’s acceptable for children. Mine do!

Ah, but was it taken up by more than just a few people or did it fade away in polite embarrassment?

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I love it. They do it in S America. It makes me smile 😊

Aw 😊