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mach tuck

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Years ago, traveling as a youngster on family vacations, passengers used to applaud after landing or after arriving at the gate at their destination. Now, within the past few years, I haven't heard even one person clap. Sometimes its barely even a thank you to the crew for getting you to your destination safely. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this lately.

mach
 
mach tuck said:
Years ago, traveling as a youngster on family vacations, passengers used to applaud after landing or after arriving at the gate at their destination. Now, within the past few years, I haven't heard even one person clap. Sometimes its barely even a thank you to the crew for getting you to your destination safely. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this lately.

mach

I get the clap so much my nickname is Applause!!!

Juice
 
I was in Thailand once ... :eek:
 
you obviously haven't been on a flight flying to or from south america.

It allways reminded me of Airplane where everyone is praying and has rosery beads. Then when the plane lands everyone is clapping and jumping into the isles.

Whew beat death once again!
 
In TGU, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, they clap no matter what the landing is because they are happy to be alive. Makes you feel good though.
 
No, the Navy corpmen were very good at informing us of the local bars to avoid in the PI.
 
If you're looking to get "the clap," just pick up some trips to the Dominican, or one of the other more 3rd worldly island nations or parts of Latin America. That's the last place I've heard the applause.
Or if you want to force them, on a really gusty day have the captain make an announcement that it's the FO's first time ever landing in "this type" of airplane. I did see a plane load of people on a DC9 heading into MSP clap for "Jennifer," because the captain made the first time PA right after we landed. In all honesty, she did do a great job. Sadly, she's probably on furlough right now.

-Blucher:D
 
Like the poster said above, South American flights usually have the clappers. Last one I heard was in Guyaquill Ecuador. Of course after 6.5 hours in a 737-800 all night from EWR, I think even the CA and myself clapped.

IAHERJ
 
Wow scrapdog you have totally missed the point of this thread.

But keep working on sounding cool on the radio with your 02 mask on the side.

TWO!
 
Yep, sorry - that was not very nice of me...I apologize about that. I always try to be friendly on here and that wasn't one of my shining moments. Brain-finger interconnect didn't work too well on that one. No offense intended machtuck. Scrapdog
 
Stifler's Mom said:
Wow, a thread title that FN FAL would be proud of. :)
I think some of those express letters to the CDC, in pod "A", probabably had the clap in them...but I didn't drink any of those.
 
Scrapdog,

it takes alot to offend me. However, I was away from flightinfo, believe it or not, and when I came back, you had deleted your thread. What did you say?

mach
 
mach, I made fun of the fact you were asking about people applauding you for actually landing an airplane...and bottom line it was a rude thing of me to say. It was just a stupid, wise a$$ comment...Take care bro
-Scrapdog-
 
I got an ovation right on touchdown in BOS about 2 yrs ago. Noreaster 1/2 mi vis 40 kt crosswind blowing snow punctuated by flashes of lightening. My only thought was these clueless people should wait till I get the thing stopped and not by a snowbank before expressing gratitude.
 
Years ago while serving my country at Kunsan. Her name was Miss Moon ( "same-same" she said to me as she pointed up to the sky on a bright night outside the bar in SilverTown)

But all reminiscing aside, last summer, thunderstorms had shut down all the arrivals in to Houston. We sat on the ground for over 2 hours waiting for the Houston area to open up.

Finally we took off, on the way, we went into a holding pattern for 45 minutes and the huge tstms with lightning were visible to the south.

We could see the storms all the way into Houston. When we landed, folks getting off the airplane were quite vocal in thanking us for getting them there safely.

Tejas
 
Golf clap for scrapdog for realizing. Hey we all can be aholes at times.

G200 just likes the aholes more than most.
 
Diesel said:
Golf clap for scrapdog for realizing. Hey we all can be aholes at times.

G200 just likes the aholes more than most.


thats it Diesel, you're wearing the GIMP suit tonight.
 
Wow at least your dog will finally get a break.
 
Have to admit, when I first saw the thread, I did assume you were refering to the medical interpretation of the term 'clap'!
Obviously I'm not in the medical field.
Maybe "applause" would have helped some of us a little.
Or even "standing ovation".......but come to think of it, thats in another league of its own, isn't it?

Cheers All
 
Yeah... I got the clap once durning FCLP's in flight school. I had to go see the corpsman before an early brief after I was pi$$ing yogurt for a few days and got the swab... second most painful moment of my life. Then I had to come back the next moring for my results... had to tell my head LSO that I'd be late for the brief. He said I couldn't be late but since he was a fleet aviator and spent many years on the boat I thought I'd fill him in on the specific reason why I had to be late... he said "no problem... for that I'll cover for you. Get here when you can, the Skipper will understand." So then the next morning I go into the corpsman for my results and he tells me the bad news... "Sorry Sir, we messed up your test and you have to redo it..." Hence the first most painfull moment in my life, the redo after I got the swab the previous morning. It's like taking a cheese grater over a freshly scabbed over wound. Yes it was the clap. I got it from a skank the week prior. Penicillin worked very quickly... thank god. When you pi$$ after the swab... third most painful moment of my life, followed by the fourth and fifth. But since you civilian guys wouldn't understand any of this, I digress. You all are geeks.

Tail
 
no the civilian guys understand. We just don't get it from another man. :)




I joke, I joke
 
jimcav said:
I got an ovation right on touchdown in BOS about 2 yrs ago. Noreaster 1/2 mi vis 40 kt crosswind blowing snow punctuated by flashes of lightening. My only thought was these clueless people should wait till I get the thing stopped and not by a snowbank before expressing gratitude.


Hahaha, this really gave me a good laugh. I applaud you for the humor, very good.

:)
 
I've had clappers in the back, but the lights kept going on and off (ba-doom)...

Seriously, the only time it's happened to me was constant moderate turb, thunder boomers in the vicinity, +/- 10 kts on final, which became all minus at about 10 ft agl.... Dropped it in good. Most were clapping when the seatbelt sign went off. Then, as Capt an I were standing in the cockpit doorway saying goodbye a little old lady says, "OK, which one of you is the Navy pilot?"
 
tailhookah said:
Yeah... I got the clap once durning FCLP's in flight school. I had to go see the corpsman before an early brief after I was pi$$ing yogurt for a few days and got the swab... second most painful moment of my life. Then I had to come back the next moring for my results... had to tell my head LSO that I'd be late for the brief. He said I couldn't be late but since he was a fleet aviator and spent many years on the boat I thought I'd fill him in on the specific reason why I had to be late... he said "no problem... for that I'll cover for you. Get here when you can, the Skipper will understand." So then the next morning I go into the corpsman for my results and he tells me the bad news... "Sorry Sir, we messed up your test and you have to redo it..." Hence the first most painfull moment in my life, the redo after I got the swab the previous morning. It's like taking a cheese grater over a freshly scabbed over wound. Yes it was the clap. I got it from a skank the week prior. Penicillin worked very quickly... thank god. When you pi$$ after the swab... third most painful moment of my life, followed by the fourth and fifth. But since you civilian guys wouldn't understand any of this, I digress. You all are geeks.

Tail

Yeah, you get your wang swabbed out, not once but twice, because you were stupid enough to stab some skank with no raincoat. You spend months upon months on a boat with a bunch of dudes....yeah, I'm the geek. Good one.
 
Top 10 ways to hear the clap

#10 Leave on time
#9 Arrive on time
#8 Fly direct only
#7 Fly in stable air only
#6 Don’t except ground holds from ATC
#5 Don’t fly in snow
#4 Serve alcoholic beverages
#3 Allow cell phone during all phases of the flight
#2 Park at gates outside of TSA area
#1 Land at KASE
 

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