Menen,
Planemad2. You don't have to take off your shoes in an emergency evacuation - in fact you would be crazy to do so due the possibility of trying to escape over jagged metal and maybe even burning debris.
What I said was..............
Unless things have changed lately, you have to take them off anyway.
I agree it is crazy, however that was the instructions for the last 40 years or so, take off your shoes and put them in the seat pocket in front of you.
It must have changed recently, for the better.
Best regards,
planemad2.