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

[tnorfotkcab]

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

I think it's lovely.

Terrible! I fly too and from canada quite a bit and the Canadians love to clap on the plane especially when heading to their all inclusive in the Caribbean!

I might start clapping myself when I safely park the car at Sainsbury's.

😂

The one time people (i.e. sexist pricks) clapped on landing was on a European flight with a female pilot. All the other flights I've had with a female pilot have been in India, and no one on those flights behaved as if a woman flying a plane was something that is beyond normal female capability.

that happened to me on arrival at Amsterdam,
it was lovely and surprising

I use Ryanair frequently occasionally Jet2.
Ryanair passengers are more likely to applaud IME.
I don't know whether the pilot can hear them through their reinforced doors.

I think it’s more dependent on the destination than the airline. If it’s a flight to a holiday destination where the passengers are all already on holiday mode and some have been drinking in the airport, applause is way more likely than people flying Dublin-Gatwick on Tuesday morning for a day of meetings.

I wonder if there was a lot of clapping last night, just looked at the Flightradar thread.

That's kind of you, but not necessary.

Why are people so hung up things being cringe. Where is the harm in this? I’ve been on planes where there have been claps and I didn’t think wow you losers I joined in.

I spent last night at an airport hotel because of getting an early flight today, and ran into someone I know who said the applause had been deserved on his flight.

It doesn't annoy me. I think it's an expression of relief rather than gratitude. After all it's not as if the pilot could save himself,/herself without saving the rest of us.

There should be far more decorum these days in my view.

I have only seen it once when on a Turkish airline landing in Istanbul. The majority of people on board were Turkish. It had been a very good flight and I thought it was nice.

Like the poster above mentioning it being mainly Turkish people on a flight to Istanbul. I have only experienced clapping when I was going to a non touristy country where lots of people on board where from that country so where returning ‘home’ - many, I imagine, not having wanted to ever leave to begin with.
it would be a long flight and people would break out in applause, and cheers. I always found it quite moving. Happiness, relief, gratitude for having got there safely all wrapped up into one.

But I can’t say find people Expressing positive human emotion in any form ‘cringe’.

It's just a little 'woohoo' isn't it? Quite a few posters on MN could do with a bit more woohoo in their lives, there's some right miserable joy suckers on here.

Is it cultural maybe? I remember being surprised by this in my backpacking days 25 years ago. Maybe on Aeroflot?

Tá a fhios agam 😉

I have plenty of woohoo in my life thanks, and I don't clap when the plane lands.
But then again I know first hand that pilots train thoroughly for the job and I'm not scared of flying.

I've never been through a landing which merited applause but regularly cringe when people do clap at the end of the flight.....shortly before they all fight to stand in the aisle for 10 mins before they open the doors.

Just literally been away on Ryanair. Nobody clapped. Nobody

Sounds like a good idea! Better than the usual plugs for special offers or generic Muzak.

I remember being on a plane once and applause broke out just because we'd crossed the Pyrenees. These over emotional Spanish people who hadn't been home in years I expect.

What a terrible attitude, and terrible parenting.

Clapping is performative.
It makes everyone’s life more stressful - no one wants to look sneery towards others but equally no one wants to look like a clapping fool.
You can be happy and joyful you’ve landed without making a big show of it.

Why should they care what strangers think?