I thought only polish people do this. Although to be fair I’ve only been flying with other poles.
It seems to be an Eastern Europe thing for sure, maybe ex-communist countries?
Possibly? It definitely comes from a very different time. I always thought of this as a kind of national embarassement but now I learn it’s not just a polish thing.
I’ve noticed that recently when older poles try to start a clap most younger ones scoff at them and roll their eyes and it fizzles out very quickly
Everyone claps in my country on landing. Is it that uncommon?
Now that Boeing hired their own armed private air marshals, everyone claps, or they might meet dispatch. /s
“I’m hearing a whole lot of whistles blowing in this section of the aircraft…”
I was recently on a flight where the first landing attempt was aborted due to low visibility and we looped around (the entire Metro area) to try again. After the second attempt succeeded there was indeed clapping.
Serious: Just had a nightmare experience on American Airlines. Anywhere anyone know to go to share trauma?
Define “land” - if a part falls off but you survive it, does that still count? :-P
all planes land. it’s the speed of the descent that matters.
A good landing is one you walk away from.
A great landing is one where you can still use the airplane afterwards.
We now call that an Air Bus.
Look at Mr. Fancy flight pants over here with his high demands!
I think even if it hits and explodes, as long as it’s on land and not water that qualifies.
What if a part falls off, and while everyone actually on the plane survives, the part hit some people who died as a result?
Eh, I’d still call it a win by Boeing’s standards
Good question. It’s a little unclear until the group figures out what the mysteries numbers are for, and why the crazy old man can suddenly walk again.
Is that from Lost? I never bothered to finish it when I heard how disappointed people were in how it ended… should I?
Yep. I also never finished it. It got incoherent, and I heard it didn’t really get better at the end.
kayak and turkish airlines now show which plane is assigned to the flight. I avoid buying tickets for Boeing flights.