From the TSA website -
"Suggested footwear includes flip-flops and thin-soled sandals without metal."
In an evacuation, flip flops and sandals are not the best shoes to wear, that's been proven. Do you think it is irresponsible for the TSA to suggest footwear that the FAA and NTSB say are dangerous for flying?
2006-06-28 16:53:29 · 10 answers · asked by None 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
For those who aren't aware, TSA is the Transportation "Security" Administration.
2006-06-28 17:00:50 · update #1
I disagree with the whole flop-flops and thin-soled sandals. If you look at the flight safety card on an airplane, they say that shoes with laces are the best. In case the airplane crashes (which is rare) if you have laced up shoes, they won't fly off upon impact. Also flip-flops will not protect your feet while you are trying to avoid stepping on all the metal debris after an airplane accident.
I can understand the TSA desiring people to wear flip-flops because it makes going through security faster since people are not all taking time to remove their shoes. But I did read an article about how dirty and full of bacteria the floors of the security lines are and how it is possible to pick up fungus from other people's feet.
2006-06-28 23:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by potatochip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great question!
Personally I always travel with very comfortable shoes--- ones that I can walk a long way in if I need to (sometimes even getting to the car rental desk can be quite a trek) and I wouldn't ever dream of wearing flip-flops... I often see people take their shoes off as soon as they settle into their seats, well before takeoff, or ladies travelling in 4" spike heels, and other gear that would be aabsolutely horrible if you managed to evacuate from a crash and had to walk a ways.
By the same token, though... airlines let babies fly for free if they stay on an adult's lap the whole trip. How safe is that?? Even in rough air, a baby can get bounced about, hit the seat in front of him, or even bounce out of mommie's arms and onto the floor. It's very dangerous even if there isn't a crash... yet every flight I've been on lately, there's been at least one infant in arms...
I think with regards to the TSA they are simply trying to get people through the line as fast as they can and aren't concerned about what happens after they pass security. And I think the airlines are only concerned with filling up that plane; knowing people look for the cheapest transport possible for their family, they allow the infant-in-arms thing when they really shouldn't (and several countries ban this all together).
I guess it is just one more thing for knowledgeable travellers to add to their checklist.
2006-06-29 10:19:23 · answer #2 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are couple of personal examples of how ignorant TSA personnel are... While I was working for an charter airline I was required by the FAA, like any other crewmember, to carry a flashlight. I happened to like my 2 D cell Maglight, well the TSA person told me, while I am standing there in uniform, that it was unacceptable. I had to get his supervisor and even then it wasn't easy explaining the FAR outweighed their "ideas". Also, while in uniform and after showing my ID, I was asked for my ticket. I told her I had seat 3 and she just looked at me funny, luckily another TSA agent stepped in and helped her out.
Wearing anything less than tennis shoes is an extremely bad idea aboard an airplane, for the reasons explained above. The TSA isn't concerned about safety, they are concerned about their little world.
2006-06-28 20:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by sc0tt.rm 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How many times have you had to evacuate a plane? How many times have you had to go through security and take off your shoes and go through the whole process of tying or untying, etc.?
Yeah, it probably is irresponsible but then again, the TSA is full of s***!
2006-06-28 16:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your precisely like me, i'm 16 and that i'm prepared and favor to entice close what im going to positioned on and that so im prepared :) i'd positioned on something delicate denims/joggers or any trousers with operating shoes/plimsoles/delicate footwear and only a tee blouse and a jumper or a tee blouse and take a cardigen because it receives chilly on the flight regularly. Take a handbag i regularly do. wish this allows
2016-11-15 09:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though this doesn't relate, ladies, do yourself a favor. Don't wear panty hose when you fly on a large aircraft. On a small aircraft, if you have to use the evacuation slides, you probably won't have a problem. On a larger airplane, if you have to use the evacuation slides then the friction from it will cause the panty hose to fuse to your legs and you will require surgery to get them off. (I fly a very large jet aircraft).
2006-06-29 13:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by Kelley S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was fine going through the security in Washington, DC with regular-soled shoes, but in Las Vegas they made me take them off. I think the whole thing is silly, really.
2006-06-28 18:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by Omar Y. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, very. I ALWAYS travel in jeans and tennis shoes, for that very reason. I would rather take a few minutes and retie my shoes that chance anything happening later in a bad situation.
Not to mention that walking barefoot thru an airport is GROSS!!
2006-06-28 16:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TSA as in Technology Student Associaton..if so...go to the board and discuss the situation with them!!! I'm a member of TSA.
2006-06-28 16:58:06 · answer #9 · answered by spinkletreat 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This is what happens when the government contracts our aviation security to the lowest bidder.
2006-06-28 17:29:50 · answer #10 · answered by Lew W 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋