I work for an airline. With that said, how many of us have ever been on an emergency landing? One where there's smoke in the cockpit? One where you have to bail out?

I have. It blows too.

Now, how many times have you seen people board aircraft with flip-flops or
high heels? While those shoes have their place, IMHO they belong in the rollerboard & not on one's feet on an aircraft.

What are the chances of things going badly? To me they are 50/50. Either we do or we don't. Granted these are (thankfully) very rare occasions. But every time I go to work, in back of my mind, I wonder what someone has innocently packed that should have been left at home.

I feel much better now as I don't have to fly again until tomorrow.

Wait till I start a thread on HazMat...