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Nah, it's a "first time flying and there is a bunch of us and we're so grateful the pilot didn t kill us all" kind of thing.
Was on a flight this summer with some seriously unstable wind that made the landing a bit more impressive than usual and many people clapped. Return landing was smooth as fuck and sure enough, everybody was gangsta, then.
Yeah the two times I was on a plane where people clapped it was because of less than great weather (like the runway being in a quarter inch thick ice sheet) and the other because air traffic control fucked up and told the pilot he was clear to land when a 737 was right below us landing already.
To be honest, both times I think I agree clapping was ok.
If you land in fine weather and no near miss, and still clap? That's a red flag
Why? What does it indicate about a person that warns you away?
It indicates they're a psychopath and they will murder me in my sleep
It's more like thanking your waiter at the end of dinner.
I'd love to tip people with claps.
Let's normalize clap tipping.
You know, I don't think you got the right comparison (i do thank the cabin crew), but I think I see your point. I guess it could be seen as clapping at the end of a music performance, I suppose. Not everybody can line up to politely thank the conductor, or the artists, or whatever, so a communal gesture has to be enough. Sure why not.