Originally Posted by
LTN Phobia
I also think that the airflow would make it quite hard to open the door anyway (certainly on a A320 where the main doors need to move 'forward' - not sure about other types).
It's hard enough to open the door on a Cessna 150 flying at 80 kts, although the door structure on those little bugs are rather different from passenger aircraft of course.
Indeed, from memory, all doors, 757/777/747, once rotated, move or fold forward. So yes, even if it could be "cracked", to actually rotate or move it to the open position would not be possible.