Airliners are pressurised from the start of the take-off to touchdown. There is no minimum altitude where a random person can open the door, except “on the ground”.

The disarm/arm lever is there to disarm/arm the escape slide. It has nothing to do with locking the door.

Let them try. I’d be laughing as they try to pull against thousands of lb of force. Yes even at low altitude.

Still not possible. That’s not how pressurization systems work.

We don’t actually arm anything from the cockpit. The “pieces of metal” come out automatically during the door closing process. Typically the flight attendants close and arm the doors. Either way that door isn’t opening in flight.

Very ambiguous statement from Delta.

Delta staff later reported that Hudek did successfully move the handle halfway up, which could have opened at the altitude the plane was flying had it been fully disarmed.

Not disagreeing that women have it harder, but an hour to do hair and makeup? The flight attendants I work with manage it in about a quarter of an hour and given I work for an Asian carrier they are made up and coiffed to perfection.

Some lavs are bigger than others. It may well be that the one you remember was that large. Some planes have handicap accessible lavs, for example, or larger ones in biz/first classes.

Well put.

Japanese never seems more blunt than anything. ;)

One of the salient design features of tanks is low ground pressure. Because off-road and stuff. You won’t do much good in that bog if your treads just sink.

the shittiest Chrysler PT Cruiser I have ever seen for $300

Mildly disappointed indeed. My “moving to America” from Europe experience from the car-watching perspective was pretty yawnworthy, with the exception of the occasional neat muscle car.

Our uniform shirts are extra long, especially in the back. A lifesaver after long periods sitting down.

Seatguru can help. It has the outlet locations for most aircraft at the major airlines.

You’re saying an entire continent has bad service in restaurants because wages are not based on tips? In my opinion, this doesn’t follow.

Mr. Musk’s motivations in creating Tesla is not really about becoming a car manufacturer. He created Tesla in order to move the vehicle industry away from fossil fuels. In that respect, this BMW represents exactly the kind of progress he created Tesla to engender.