Many years ago I flew the outback in singles. I felt that footwear for pilots at least, and passengers if they could be coerced, should be sufficient to enable a walk-out in the event of a forced landing. Same for other attire – it should suit the climate over which one operates. I understand some of the crews who fly light pistons across the North Atlantic wear thermal suits in case of ditching.
With those points in mind perhaps passengers should be encouraged to wear footwear that at least permits an emergency evacuation and sprint over the adjacent landscape!
Sheepguts,
I guess our northern ‘sentinels’ would find footwear a handicap when traversing large tracts of inhospitable terrain, or even just relaxing in the bed of the Todd on Saturday night.
