Recieved applause from the Flight Attendants in the cabin, when they found out I got laid....I was a brand new Second Officer on the DC-10 with a very senior back end crew. This was all a very long time ago.....

Glaswegians are prone to giving a round of applause when their charter flight lands at their destination.

A friend, a first officer who was seeing the passengers off, had half a crown (2/6d) in old UK money pressed into his hand by an old lady at Glasgow, with the words "Well done son"

@ 814man

.... and it is still going on in 2005 :-)

At the end of his pa the captain said to the pax that the this was the #1's last flight as she was leaving to lead an all female expedition up the Amazon. Not only did she receive applause, a number of pax wished her luck as they disembarked and one pax advised her to watch out for snakes.

Temps

About 30 years ago, Liverpool fans walking out to get on a B720. Very \'loud\' as they walk out. As they board the aircraft, they become very quiet and appear somewhat nervous. Understandable, but the #1 was having none of this. She switched on the pa and said \'come on you w*nkers, give us a song!\' That was it, the aircraft came to life and when it returned the cabin crew were covered in rosettes, scarves etc. Pure brilliance, never get away with it these days. Well done \'Bat Lady\'! God bless ya!

Temps

Applause regular LHR-YYZ on touchdown, not so much YYZ-LHR :D Could be the overnight sector curbing the enthusiasm!

I thought clapping on board was standard practice as the first time I flew back in 1988 was with El Al from London to Tel Aviv and the Israelis on board clapped when we came over the coastline and again on touchdown.
More recently, flying into Anchorage in 1999, we had a bumpy last few miles to touchdown followed by a firm landing which elicited a good round of applause and the following comment from one of the FAs; "Please take extra care when opening the overhead lockers as there is a greater than normal chance that some items may have become loose. Don't forget, shift happens."
And finally, just before Christmas I flew over to Germany with Mrs. Style and the stylettes on a very windy evening. It was blowing right down the runway at Stansted so we went up like a rocket but the final approach was quite lively to say the least and the mostly German passengers erupted in applause as soon as we were down. Alas, it didn't stop the elder stylette from being sick. Seat 2E on Air Berlin's 737-400 D-ABAH is the one to avoid...

I was on Lebombo's last passenger flight, lebombo being SAA's oldest 747-200 (32yrs). Everyone appluaded after a low pass and steep climb over FAJS and once more after landing.

Only time I received an appluase was after taking up my mom in a cherokee........ probably sheer relief:(

Rapid beating about the bone dome from the CO can sound like applause. Wouldn't recommend it tho'.

Many many years ago when I was an first officer on the Beech1900 we came back into Miami. Just after I read back the taxi clearance we heard a very strange noise.

And we looked at eachother "What the :mad: is that?" Found out that our German guests felt the need to applause. Must have been a very good landing:E

Seem to remember reading about the round of applause just as the MD-11 touched down at HKG a few years back....before flipping over.

Perhaps wait until the seatbelt sign is off?

(sorry to lower the tone!)

Notice the Russians are rather partial to a good round of applause after landing. Have yet to make up my mind whether this is cultural or cynicism.

Evening Star, you nailed it on both accounts. In Mother Russia, cynicism is cultural. :)

As a PPL, I often applaude myself when (and sometimes IF) I manage to get it down in one piece.:O

I know there's a few first officers out there on 737's who do the same!;)

No applause for this contributor, but 1 case of delayed reaction raucous laughter from the cabin.

After a pile driving, haemmoroid busting marginally controlled arrival (impact?) in a B727, there was an outbreak of laughter about 20 seconds later from the passengers.

The Flight Attendant had responded to the controlled crash with a PA saying "Ladies and Gentleman, we have just dropped in to Coolangatta".

Such is life............

Old Smokey

Had applause a couple of times but mostly it is pats on the back from the skydiving instructors. Because it is such a rare occasion for them to stay in the plane and the usual reason for it is the wind has gone over their legal limits they are all a bit tense as are much happier jumping out and landing themselves. I think it is because they are pleased to still be alive after having not jumped but made it down in the plane which they hate having to do as it scares them. Odd logic I know but you have to be odd to jump in the first place.

Every time you land at Plymouth (EGHD)!!!!

A fine SCCM of my acquaintance used (in the 'old days') to come into the flight deck after a firmer than normal landing with a deliciously frilly pair of knickers around her ankles to say
" Who the **** landed that.....":D

As an 'expat brat' circa 1974/5 ish when BAC111's first started Brisbane - Honiara we were intercepted by a baby cyclone...2 go-arounds followed by an 'assume emergency landing position' or somesuch...we did cheer!!

Have seen appluase at JFK many a bumpy landing.:}

think there was spontaneous applause from everyone after each arrival at Kai Tak!