For those who are arguing in favor of having heels on pedals: the was a fatal crash exactly for this reason. September 2011 Yak-42 in Russia (
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). Pilot previously flew on Yak-40, which had pedals designed in such a way, that heels could only stay on rudder pedals:
Yak-42 however had conventional pedals, but pilot still followed his technique from Yak-40, and erroneously applied brake pressure during takeoff roll. 44 died, 1 survived.
Official visual reconstruction by Russian investigation committee. Note there is brake-pressure indicator on the third row, on the left.
