http://www.elliott.org/blog/ask-the-armchair-traveler-what-shoes-should-i-wear-on-the-plane/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elliott.org/blog/ask-the-armchair-traveler-what-shoes-should-i-wear-on-the-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-10658 RB Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:03:28 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/ask-the-armchair-traveler-what-shoes-should-i-wear-on-the-plane/#comment-10658 The last time I travelled to the US was on December 2004 and was the only person on Security who was not required to remove her shoes. Why? The shoes I was wearing were what I would call "chinese ballet slippers" made of fabric with a very thin plastic sole. Through several security checks (in Miami, Atlanta, Houston, St Louis) I was never asked to remove these shoes, apparently the sole was considered too thin to pose a "threat". The last time I travelled to the US was on December 2004 and was the only person on Security who was not required to remove her shoes. Why? The shoes I was wearing were what I would call “chinese ballet slippers” made of fabric with a very thin plastic sole. Through several security checks (in Miami, Atlanta, Houston, St Louis) I was never asked to remove these shoes, apparently the sole was considered too thin to pose a “threat”.

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