At last! An airline has ditched the high heels and adopted trainers.

[Kendodd]

I think lots of airlines have flats on board already but trainers all the time seem such a practical and sensible choice.
I hope othe companies (not just airlines) will take note.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58755872

Brava!

Great, no pictures of said flat shoes/trainers though

Hurrah! Much safer too when evacuating an aircraft, no having to go down emergency slides in their bare feet.

Great, no pictures of said flat shoes/trainers though

Yes there are, in the article, scroll down and you'll see a flight attendant wearing them.

Hurrah! Much safer too when evacuating an aircraft

Yes, better all round, for safety, comfort, foot and muscular skeletal health. I bet they're even cheaper than heels.

God those trainers are hideous.

I was expecting some sort of Ecco/Geox sensible hybrid.

I saw this in the paper. Really pleased to see it. Hope other airlines follow suit. You can still be smart in trainers.

God those trainers are hideous

I don't think they are, I think they just look like trainers, but even if they were hideous, so what.

They got rid of the pencil skirt too, which makes sense. In an emergency the cabin crew's role is to help the passengers, having heels and a constricting skirt could make it harder to move around the cabin and might be the difference between some passengers living or dying.

25 years air stewardess here. We are not permitted to wear heels when we are operating ,for safety reasons. We wear them through the airport and change into flats when we get on the aircraft. Then after landing we change back to heels.
I guess all airlines are different.

Good. I can’t believe that companies have prioritised the male gaze above the safety of everyone onboard for so long.

@Kendodd

Great, no pictures of said flat shoes/trainers though

Yes there are, in the article, scroll down and you'll see a flight attendant wearing them.

You mean this one?

@ElspethFlashman

God those trainers are hideous.

I was expecting some sort of Ecco/Geox sensible hybrid.

Not the point. This is not about women looking attractive.

Yay

Yay. Heels are torture devices.

That's true. But we're living in such an unstylish age. Air hostesses were a throwback.

Heels here for when walking through airport but flats inboard too.
I have the choice of skirt or trousers. It's a straight skirt not pencil skirt and it's not allowed to be short or tight. I opt.for my skirt 99% of the time.
I love my uniform tbh. I don't feel sexualised but smart. I like my heels too but glad we don't wear them.knboard or for too long.

I would say majority if women I work with are comfortable and content with our uniform and dress code policies.

Airlines differ but few are as strict or restrictive as they used to be. Many do offer a mix of practical with more traditional and the mix you see worn shows there is a good mix of what women are happy to choose to wear.

I don't care how the trainers look; I'm just glad that cabin crew wear them.

Anyone remember that case a few years ago when a receptionist was sent home from her job in the city for wearing flats when company demands she wear high heels? She took them to court and LOST! I couldn't believe it. Being forced to wear something known to cause injury so she could look 'professional' (sexy) tottering about.

Showing what a cheapskate I am but didn't EasyJet do this ages ago?

Why are flight attendants even wearing heels through the airport?

If male cabin crew aren’t forced to wear high heels through the airport, why not? And why can’t female cabin crew demand parity?

For those of you in the industry, can female cabin crew refuse to wear high heels in the airport if it's part if their uniform? I would twist my ankles on a daily basis.

Cabin crew (female) shouldn't have to wear heels.
A lot of airlines don't insist already.
The trainers seem incongruous with the rest of the uniform, though, they look awful.
I've worked in catering where flat shoes are the rules, heels not allowed, and we wore simple, smart black shoes.
Trainers look silly, in my opinion.