Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Flipflops and simiilar open shoes (or high heels) aren't wise from a safety viewpoint. There was a plane crash (and fire IIRC) where the investigators determined that a bunch of female SQ FAs would have lived if they had been wearing footwear other than the little slippers that go with their uniforms. Ever since then, they are required to wear sturdy closed black shoes for takeoff and landing.
First of all, none of those flight attendants died because of their shoes. The issue arose over PR concerns that the f/as panicked and couldn't help the passengers and that some said it was because of shoes.
Secondly, it seems a little silly to choose your footwear on the very unlikely event you might get into a survivable crash in which shoes make a difference.