When I travel I take Three kinds of Footware: Rebok Sneakers and Sport Sandals and Flip Flops for the Shower! I usually mostly wear the Sport Sandals on the Train and where the Weather is Warm! Works for me!
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Hey, Twenty Years with Amtrak Tom!For onboard employees, there are strict definitions for suitable shoe. They must be leather (I.E., not fabric); they must have a solid, enclosed toe; they must have something that secures them on the foot (laces, straps & buckles; Velcro; etc.), and they must have a definite heel, rather than having a flat bottom surface. However, in my 20+ years with Amtrak, I have never heard a definition of passengers' shoes. It has always been understood that bare feet or socks alone are not shoes, and we have always told passengers gently but firmly that they would have to wear shoes whenever they are away from their seats or sleeper accommodations. We wince when we see sandals, flip-flops, or soft shoes, but we can't really tell the passenger that he or she is violating a rule. I would try to gently suggest they be careful & hope they get the message.
Well...yeah that's US because I don't (can't) keep track of the rest of the world in my head. I'[d wager "crash" in most people's minds means "airliner destroyed." That's why I went with hull loss.That's hull loss incidents in the United States. There are other incidents that involve evacuations that didn't result in hull losses, or involve flights that start here and crash elsewhere, for which I'd like to beThe Asiana crash was an extreme outlier. Of all the hull loss incidents I can think of in the last 15 years in the US (12), I can think of three that had survivors (Comair in Lexington, US Airways in NYC, and Asiana in SFO) and two that had more than one or two survivors (one survivor in the Comair one).
wearing proper shoes.
Examples: Continental Flight 1404, American Airlines 331, those Southwest flights that lost cabin pressure, etc.
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