The gesture once used to be common<\/a>, but now everyone from pilots to flight attendants to etiquette experts are discouraging it.<\/p>\n A survey from Wizz Air<\/a> said that Georgia and Bulgaria were the European countries whose passengers clapped the most after landing – at 75 and 70 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n Western European countries are less likely to clap, the survey added, while 18-to-24-year-old passengers were likelier to clap than their 25-to-34-year-old counterparts.<\/p>\n A\u00a0TikTok<\/a> blogger with more than 145,000 followers who recently traveled to Mallorca,\u00a0Spain<\/a>, recently took to the internet and lashed out.<\/p>\n @the_adam_chef_and_family<\/a> said: ‘Who claps because the plane lands safely? It’s ridiculous, it’s stupid.<\/p>\n ‘We didn’t clap the taxi driver when he brought us to the airport safely and we took our bags off.’\u00a0<\/p>\n Clapping on airplanes is being called ‘cringe’, ‘annoying’ and ’embarrassing’ (stock photo)<\/p>\n The gesture used to be common but is now widely discouraged (stock photo)<\/p>\n ‘When I do my job, no one ever claps about it.’<\/p>\n A pilot weighed in on the TikTok post, commenting: ‘We find it embarrassing.’<\/p>\n However, pilots usually cannot actually hear the clapping that goes on in the cabins on the plane.<\/p>\n ‘We’ve got headsets on, the doors can be thick and there’s a lot of noise up front so we definitely can’t hear clapping,’ a pilot explained on Reddit.<\/p>\n Marcus Kern offered a different perspective on Facebook, adding that he was a pilot with 30 years of experience.<\/p>\n He said: ‘We don’t hear the clapping and we get told about it and appreciate it. I am always surprised how a sign of appreciation and gratitude is discussed on such an aggressive level.<\/p>\n ‘It seems people against it don’t get enough gratitude themselves. I am sorry for each and everyone of you.<\/p>\n ‘I can only say: you reap what you sow. Be nice to each other. I thank the clappers.’<\/p>\n Pilots usually cannot hear the clapping that happens in the back of the plane<\/p>\n Western European countries are less likely to clap, the survey added<\/p>\n Despite his plea, the feedback about clapping on planes appears to be increasingly negative online.<\/p>\n Commenters were unafraid to mock the so-called ‘clappers’ in a video titled: ‘If you clap when the plane lands, you shouldn’t be allowed on the return flight home.’<\/p>\n Sean Tobin wrote: ‘There’s a special place where they lock up people who clap on planes. Don’t see them clapping when the bus gets to their stop.’<\/p>\n Charlotte Moody added: ‘Makes me cringe, clapping for doing their job correctly.’<\/p>\n One Reddit user took his thoughts one step further and argued that the experience of flying on a plane had deteriorated.<\/p>\n ‘Flying used to be a luxury, including dressing up, attractive flight attendants, good meals, and VIP treatment,’ the commenter said. ‘Now it’s more like a school bus in the sky.’<\/p>\n Another Reddit comment joked that it came down to the ever-growing fees for traveling.<\/p>\n ‘Most airlines now charge a $25 landing-applause fee,’ they said.<\/p>\n Passengers are now refraining from clapping on planes<\/p>\n Others maintain that clapping on planes is polite and a sign of appreciation.<\/p>\n Angela Barbara Collings said on Facebook that ‘people can be so relieved after a dodgy landing, that they just want to congratulate the pilot’.<\/p>\n Rosie Panter, a travel expert, spoke to the Express <\/a>and pointed out that plane-clapping exceptions exist.<\/p>\n ‘If you have had a particularly rocky flight and difficult landing, maybe a slight clap, or thanks to the pilot as you leave, but no regular flight to the Med should result in clapping,’ she said.<\/p>\n ‘Let’s leave that in the past.’<\/p>\n![\"Clapping](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/102416921-15129815-image-a-2_1758724842063.jpg\")
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