Now that Boeing hired their own armed private air marshals, everyone claps, or they might meet dispatch. /s
this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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"I'm hearing a whole lot of whistles blowing in this section of the aircraft..."
Define "land" - if a part falls off but you survive it, does that still count? :-P
A good landing is one you walk away from.
A great landing is one where you can still use the airplane afterwards.
Look at Mr. Fancy flight pants over here with his high demands!
We now call that an Air Bus.
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all planes land. it's the speed of the descent that matters.
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
Oh man... I want to say yes, but then what happens if the plane needs to do an emergency water landing afterwards... or would that be an emergency watering???? I can't handle this stress!!!!!!
No worries, death will cure all of whatever bothers you, and make sure that you never have any more issues for as long as you live! Uh... wait a minute there...
So what you're saying is, I should exclusively fly on Boeing planes?
That depends - do you want an express ticket out of this hellscape? :-P
I mean, if it's gonna happen, what better way than on a giant tube full of screaming people freaking out for the last few moments of my life?
I get you - you mean in exctasy that they don't have to worry about paying next month's rent, r-r-right? :-D
I wonder what manufacturer of planes the Boeing CEOs fly? But even aside from private chartered flights, they are so rich they probably just have everyone come to them:-(.
They don't fly, that's for plebs. They teleport
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.
I'm not sure I ever got past season 1, or maybe 2... :-P
Anyway, there are way better TV shows nowadays. Well, not so much lately, but from then until now. Along those lines, The 100 springs to mind:-D.
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.
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
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Now this a real meme lol
Don't call it cringe if you haven't landed on Palermo airport on a small jetplane yet. It's what I think a rocket launch should feel like.
Serious: Just had a nightmare experience on American Airlines. Anywhere anyone know to go to share trauma?
If you are flying on 737 Max is good clap your hands while you still have them
kayak and turkish airlines now show which plane is assigned to the flight. I avoid buying tickets for Boeing flights.
Everyone claps in my country on landing. Is it that uncommon?