Originally Posted by
phedre
I don't get that - if you KNOW you're going to be taking your shoes off, why wear lace up tennis shoes that take a while to put back on? I can understand some confusion over rules if you're an infrequent flyer, but if you "know" (as they did) that the shoes have to come off, make it easy on yourself!
I always wear shoes I can drop on the floor and slip on, at most I have to adjust a strap.
Sometimes when flying very far and long, convenience for the TSA pass is not as important as long-time comfort or convenience of transport (such as wearing your bulkiest shoes to get more packing space).
Besides, why should we be forced to change our travel attire for a stupid rule? Change the rule!