Do you clap when plane lands ?

Yes : thank fcuk it's down safely if others do.Have to consume a few pints before getting on board.Scared of flying.

Only if he has skilfully avoided the Andes after losing an engine. Otherwise, it's his job.

I would certainly clap in the event of a safe landing that took great skill from the pilot due to a problem with the weather or aircraft. But in the event of a normal landing, the plane's computers are pretty much doing 90% of the job via the ILS/AUTOLAND system. So you are basically clapping a machine, which is stupid.

Yep, can't help myself. It's one of the reasons I got sacked as a pilot by Easyjet

Absolutely not.

nor me ffs drama queens and im off to south America next week.

like to give a whoop and flick me fingers

run at him like a terrorist and fart on his noggin.

I feckin hate when passengers do that!

I shout 'in the hole' when someone joins the mile high club.

No - It is generally accepted these days.

10-20% of All passengers on Ukraine and Russian flights,Clap when it touches down and the Pilot hits the brakes,
they don't realise the next 2 minutes can be Very dangerous!.

A round of applause for landing a plane? Maybe if the pilot landed on the Hudson I might

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/hero-hudson-pilot-airways-flight-1549-saved-passenger-miracle-landing-article-1.390785

^ get clapping laddie

ps I realise I've been hooked

Yeah and then proceed to undo my seatbelt when they tell you not to, get my bags out the locker and run for the exit.  Except every other **** is doing the same so i'm forced stand there like an arse for 10 minutes whilst I could be sitting comfortably in my seat

if you are able to clap your hands then clearly your white knuckles aren't fully locked on the armrests and your sphincter is clenched tight enough, and your not landing in Wellington Airport.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba_OBVafiq0

Has anybody watched a plane land whilst sitting in the departure lounge of an airport and clapped?

I didn't clap when we landed at Funchal but I was pleased when he didn't plough the plane into the cliff I must say.

Was going to mention Funchal too Slippy. Not so bad these days, but it used to be seriously hairy before they extended the runway. It's still de rigeur to clap on landing (on ETA flights at least).

The place is a time warp as it goes. Impressively has two top flight football teams with a tiny population (Maritimo and Nacional). Gave the world Cristiano Ronaldo for its sins.

Not ETA, TAP.

That was a bit of an Iberian fail!

id clap if air traffic let me take off

Be no clapping today , aircraft on the tarmac 2 to 6 hours AROUND  the country ... air traffic computer glitch

glitch was internal phone system--amazing

[RAW] Planes Aborting Landing At Brimingham Airport Due To Arctic Storms...

I'll applaud every single time.

Helps if you post the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPP8FkPXbiA

Flying in March and already...

just to add my ten pences worth, Saba, part of the Dutch Antilles was an experience. Officially the worlds shortest commercial runway at 1300 feet, the pilot has to land pretty much vertically and you finish on the cliff edge.

There were only about six of us flying and they didn't even close the pilots door. Still don't think we clapped but they are pretty chilled in the Carib!

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I shout 'in the hole' when someone joins the mile high club.





To answer the question, it's a big fat NO, planes today are so sophisticated and advanced that the pilots are only actually fling the thing for 5 minutes, take off and landing, the actual flight is in automatic mode, i'm not clapping someone for 5 minutes work whilst n 100 grand a year

They earn their money in emergency situations.

running outa PG tips?