That's not how I would put it. Pilots can have several reasons for not wanting to climb (or descend, or turn, or do any other thing ATC asks). In most cases this would not have anything to do with being stubborn. The radio terminology is "unable", and that's what they probably were. It could be that they were too…

My method of getting off the plane is as follows:

Fascinating piece of pseudo-history. Love the article.

That video link just sits on the blue circle of death for me no matter what I try. YouTube worked better.

+1

Who reaches for the blade of a sword when the hilt is right there?

Yes indeed. Romans spoke The Queen's Latin.

Photo bomb.

Reading Starbound by Joe Haldeman. He always delivers.

Years and years of passion and practice.

Clinical immortality would be nice.

Karl Urban is a great actor, but changing accents isn't that hard if you've practiced a bit. I change languages constantly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence.

Using the Watch (do we call it "The Watch?")

I agree, but someday, someone will make a nice looking one. That someone will probably be Apple. Remember the hate for the original iPod, which, to be frank, was neither very pretty nor very practical. The current version, on the other hand, is pretty nice.

"Maybe?" ;)

Love that movie!

That episode gave me chills...

Another famous holdout example is the farm at Narita Airport. This has been a holdout for over fifty years, and has led to a rather unusual taxiway. The runway at the top of the picture is shorter than airport designers wanted, but if you look at bottom right you can see the extension for when eventually the farm…

Indeed. American TV was a large part of how I learned English. (I grew up in Sweden.)