Passengers clapping after landing

[VPS]

Does that need a ?

Another one.

They have fixed the spelling of passengers

 

[Forg]

Once. On a flight from Adelaide to Melbourne just as a storm front hit. There was also a group of teenage girls onboard for a school trip. The flight was the bumpiest I’ve ever been on. The girls screamed the whole way as we dropped down then up. Constantly. The flight of an hour only took just 45 minutes. Pretty much everyone clapped on touch down. Pilot came back to talk about it.

The pilot talked about surviving the storm, or surviving the teenage girls?

 

[Pushka]

The pilot talked about surviving the storm, or surviving the teenage girls?

Yeah. I was thinking that was why everyone clapped too!

 

[burmans]

One landing in WLG got a clap!

I’m a Wellingtonian by birth, can tell you that when that wind is howling, clapping is quite common in WLG and for good reason.

 

[anat0l]

Clapping on landing seems rather common in Latin America.

I know several here are firmly against it and would in fact ridicule or think less of anyone who does (in jest or seriously).

I wasn't on the flight, but the QF30 incident that was diverted to Manila. A video showed the cabin all clapping when they finally touched down. I don't normally clap but I would be far from criticising anyone for doing so if they did on that landing.

I don't know if the pilots can hear it at all. What kind of noise does it take to be heard through a coughpit door?