He did everything to placate them. They milked him for all he was worth and were a key, but far from only, factor in his landslide re-election defeat.
To rub things in, they wouldn't even let the embassy hostages take off from Tehran until Reagan had completed the oath of office. I remember watching the two events on a split screen TV in college as clearly as if it were a week ago.
Class act that he was, Reagan loaned Carter the use Air Force One to go to our airbase in Germany and personally greet the hostages as his envoy.
Carter flew with former VP Mondale and former SOS Edmund Muskie to Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt. But I don’t think Reagan loaned them AF1 for the trip.
Regardless, it was quite the class act to send the former President, VEEP, and SOS to greet the hostages.