rtnewboy:
I started flying a few decades ago with combat boots. Not my first choice, but they were paying. Adequate for the tropics.
Then to the Northern US. Required, with big socks.
Next to the tropics, civilian. Whatever you could afford.
Then to the Gulf of Mexico. Depends on the season.
Finally, back to the tropics, better paid.
I have a pair of Clarks, Gore-Tex, so I laugh at the puddles during Rainy Season. I just purchased a pair of Geoxx, Respika. Split rubber soles with the sweat holes in the bottom. Very light on the feet.
SirVivr
PS. One Maint. Supr. entered in the book after a write-up about High-Freq vibrations, that the Pilot had thin-soled shoes.
That Co. is on the down-side.
Comments about my "Pimp Shoes" come from low time, uneducated people that are slaves to the fashion trend.
Whatever works best for you.