Clap when the plane landing or not? Issue of concern to all passengers

People really do care

Harmless at first glance, the habit - to clap after landing the aircraft - can result in personal tragedy. The other day, a young man from Atlanta named Greg posted on Twitter cry from the heart.

Picture this: You're 31. You just married your soulmate and are on your way to your beautiful honeymoon. The plane lands in Bora Bora, as it touches the ground your wife begins clapping. She's an airplane clapper. You get on a plane right back to America and you never speak again.

- gregg (@Gregggyboy) May 24, 2018

Imagine you 31. You have just got married and went with the second half on a trip to the honeymoon. The plane landed on Bora Bora, and your wife begins to clap. She airplane clapper. You sit down on a plane flying to the United States, and did not speak.

This entry has caused a rapid response from Twitter users. "I do not know who is worse: those who applauded after landing, or those who make it in the movie theater after watching movie "," You will never know the person completely, until you see how it behaves on a plane ", - wrote people.

Question, or not to clap clap after landing, it is still a matter of controversy. On Reddit forum is a community PlaneclappersWhere users share opinions about a round of applause in the plane and talk about their experiences. Here are some of them:

• "We flew over the mountains in Southern California, and I thought we were going to die because of the crazy turbulence. It looks like we fell a couple of times, and one lady almost struck the ceiling, because it is not buckled seat belt. When the plane landed, everyone clapped, but me and her. "
• "Yesterday we with my young man went to the park, which is located near the airport. We looked at the airstrip. And each time, when he got the plane, he got up and greeted him! "
• "I flew in an airplane and experienced severe turbulence during the 20 minutes before we landed. To my surprise, no one clapped. Although there has been heard a collective breath of relief. "

Why do passengers applauded

The reasons are different. Often slammed those who returned to his homeland after a long absence, including a number of economic or political reasons. Also, people show the joy of a successful landing in difficult weather conditions or when on board there was some technical fault.

It happens that passengers clap for no reason, even if the flight and the landing took place in a normal mode. It is noticed that those who commit air travel often, do not usually applaud. But the passengers, going out a couple of times a year on vacation, prefer to "thank" the pilots.

According to the flight attendants, passengers often applauded for international flights. Much less - after landing in European cities, where the cheap flights and the inhabitants fly very often.

By the way, the landing - it's not a guarantee that all the dangers behind. In 2005 in Toronto at the time of the Air France plane landing with several hundred passengers had a severe thunderstorm and rain. The aircraft landed hardPassengers tell of harrowing escapeAnd people started clapping. But quickly realized that this would be premature: the plane had come from the runway into a ravine and caught fire. No one died, but among the victims were those passengers who applauded.

As the applause are surrounding

Pilots do not hear what the passengers clap. The fact that the landing was the applause, the pilots can inform a flight attendant. But this is not always perceived positively.

there are pilotsWhat do airline pilots think of passengers who applaud after a landing?That pleasant or indifferent, they are popping.

For me it does not matter much. Passengers are not experts on the airway and can not determine how well the landing took place. But I will never give up the applause. It is always good, even if sometimes unfairly.

Peter Wheeler, the pilot from Australia

But many pilots applause hurt. They see themselves as professionals of the highest category, and therefore the landing - this is not something out of the ordinary and usual work, they always try to do perfectly. For the pilot insulting, when passengers consider that the flight by plane - it's a game of roulette.

Passengers themselves are tradition clap differently. Someone considersIt is right and logical.

We applaud the musicians at the concert, why not pat for a good flight? I think that is the recognition of respect and gratitude.

Passenger

Others believe that the lack of applause - a sign of the mentality of the residents of certain countries.

In America, you can walk down the street, and the occasional aunt suddenly say that you have cool shoes. You can easily slap pedestrians when you effectively cast your suitcase in the trunk. You keep saying that you're done ( «Good job»). Russian is confident that praise must be earned. But not only that they themselves do not praise, they are trying to prevent others! This is terrible. Praise people, or at least do not disturb others.

Passenger

Third habit of cheering on airplanes annoying.

Show me at least one pilot who does not korezhit from clapping. You do not clap, leaving the taxi, because it is not broken during the trip.

Passenger

So whether or not to clap or not planes

The only correct answer to this question: one makes the decision himself. If you are overwhelmed with emotion and you can not help it - slam. But remember that not all pilots is nice. If someone starts to clap after landing, you have a choice: to join or ignore.

Perhaps the best option to express my gratitude to the crew will have a couple of warm words, written in the guest book or the airline.