*safely lands
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Was on a flight a few months ago, and when we landed, no clapping - dead quiet. Out of the silence, I heard a, what must have been, six year old shout really loudly "WE DID IT!".
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I learned clapping was unappreciated the day of this week's plane crash, that I was scheduled to land at same airport that day. My reply is that us normal people are just happy to land upright. We all clapped when landing the next day.
Standing ovation if you’re on a Boeing plane.
Please remain seated until the seat belt sign is turned off.
Booing when a Boeing plane lands safely because you updated your life insurance for nothing.
I wound recommend against that kind of intense horseplay on a Boeing product.
... clap if the plane lands
All planes land, some more controlled than others.
Take-offs are optional; landings are mandatory.
All planes land
Some planes water
I find comfort in knowing there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.
There are at least two whales though..
I was not prepared for boob wings this early in the day.
I would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
If you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
Concepts of a plane
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
Planely not.
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
As long as you are able to clap the plane probably landed okay
If they can still clap when the plane lands, they will.
🎵If you're alive and you doubted, clap your hands🎵
🎼🎶 Clap your hands🎵 !
ALL planes land. The question is, whether or not there is someone left to clap afterwards.
If an American plane crashes in the woods and no one survives to clap does it make a sound?
Ok, that is pretty funny, but no. Still not acceptable.
I will still judge you.
Even from your living room.
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