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In reply to the discussion: I'm not a fan of passengers applauding after a routine landing [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)I forget where we were coming from, but we were flying to Dulles near DC. We were in the most violent thunderstorm I ever experienced. We were instructed to fly in circles until the weather calmed down. After about an hour, they decided to head for Richmond to land and wait it out. An hour later we headed out again. It was still very very rough, but the pilot just decided to go ahead and land, even though we were bouncing around like crazy and the wings were flapping like a bird. After crabbing a bit (not as much as that guy) he put the nose down and we landed, very roughly. During the rollout people started clapping and cheering, and on the way off the plane everyone shook his hand or patted him on the back.
A very harrowing experience, one of the worst in 40+ years of traveling.