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Applauding when the plane lands
Biffo the Bear
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On my last holiday, everyone started applauding when the plane landed, and that was on both trips!
I have to say that I've only experienced this once before, and that was on a really really heavy landing that the pilot clearly did well to execute.
However, applauding a bog-standard landing? No turbulence or anything, no emergencies, nothing.
Is it just me who finds this unusual?
I have to say that I've only experienced this once before, and that was on a really really heavy landing that the pilot clearly did well to execute.
However, applauding a bog-standard landing? No turbulence or anything, no emergencies, nothing.
Is it just me who finds this unusual?
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They were probably shitting themselves beforehand due to Learys continuous cost cutting ideas
Maybe the passengers thought O'Leary had started his new rounds of costcutting already
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/transport-news/Michael-O39Leary-call-to-scrap.6513610.jp
O'Leary claimed yesterday the second pilot serves no purpose and could be replaced by a stewardess trained to land planes in an emergency
I experienced this once, but that was after an emergency landing in Detroit many years ago. Our pilot informed us that he had no indication the front wheel was locked, and therefore had to assume that it was not and that we would be declaring an emergency. Landing went OK but we had fire engines and emergency vehicles chasing us down the runway.
Holy crap - thats about 14 hours stuck in those cramped seats. Did they feed you and give you free alcohol?
Do you have to pay to listen?
Yeah they fed us, our flight was due to depart at 10.30pm, didnt set off until 5am. I was only 12 then so no alcohol involved.
Nah they dont really do that - at least not anymore.
This is true.
Americans in planes nowadays mostly shout "Die raghead die!"
Closely followed by "What do you mean it was British?"
Did you get compensation? Did they give you a reason for the 7 hour delay?
you have no wings to fly and not designed to fly yet you have just left the earth surface up 35,000 feet in a machine with potentially over 500 other people, moseying along at oh over 500mph! and then set back down on another part of the earth which really would have taken you a lifetime to get to had you walked, I think that deserves a ****ing clap!!!
However, it's statistically more dangerous to be a passenger in a car, and you don't clap everytime you get out of one of them.
Or maybe you do.
You've never been in a car with my mother driving. THEN you'd fall to your knees and kiss the pavement!
What has that got to do with what I said?
Exactly, I always clap when the plane lands