On the plane after a successful landing, it is customary to applaud, but what do pilots and flight attendants think about it? Bashny.Net

Anyone who has ever been on a plane knows that there is such a tradition. After the plane lands at its destination, passengers applaud the pilots and flight attendants. In this way, people express their admiration for the management of the aircraft. That's all. safe-plane land on the ground without incident. But where did the tradition of applauding come from, what does it mean, and how do pilots respond to it? About this today and will tell the editors "Site".



At what point there was a tradition to applaud when landing, no one will say for sure. But it is assumed that the first cases of such behavior of passengers began to occur in the mid-90s.



During this period, flights became more accessible, but at the same time, information about plane crashes ceased to be a state secret. Information about the death toll began to be printed in newspapers and shown on television.

Flying by plane is always the unknown. In addition, people with a very strong psyche and nerves sometimes experience severe stress during the flight. Therefore, applause at the moment when the plane touched the ground is a discharge of the tension that accumulated during the flight.



Passengers need this response more than pilots and flight attendants. Moreover, pilots never hear this applause because they are behind a closed armored door.

But pilots know about this tradition, and their reaction to this is very different. The survey showed that about half of the pilots and flight attendants in the aircraft are negative about this. In their opinion, the applause at the end of the flight indicates that the passengers did not trust them. It was only after the plane touched the ground that they believed they had successfully reached their destination.



Of course, this judgment is very critical, because we must not forget that a very large number of people are simply afraid to fly. And for them, a successful landing is a victory for themselves.

The other half of the airliners, on the other hand, find this tradition very sweet. Many pilots even make contact with passengers to remind them of the mandatory applause at the end of the flight.



Pilots like to joke and are always in a good mood. Especially the pilots are pleased with this attention, if during the flight still there were some difficulties or the plane fell into a zone of turbulence.

Whatever it was, psychological discharge after the flight is necessary for everyone: both pilots and passengers. It is not surprising that this tradition has spread throughout the world. And even flights on domestic flights very often end with a standing ovation of passengers.



Tell me in the comments, have you ever been on a plane? Are you aware of this tradition, and do you participate in a mass standing ovation after the flight?