Another factor to consider is are they rebuildable?
My company gives me a $100 a year boot allowance, the $300USD Chippewas can be sent back and rebuilt to like new for my yearly allowance. So for a one time $200 I have US built boots with vetbrium rubber, leather which is treated and insulated for real winter snow work (I'm medevac) for ever. Just something to consider.
What kind of shoes do you wear?
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Nice. I do like boots and those are a little more refined like the R.M Williams that complexintention posted but without the $600 price tag.dazednconfused wrote:Cole Haan boots. Extremely comfortable, dressy, will last a few years with regular polishing, and water proof. Rubber sole for winter, but not chunky (you can get them in leather sole for summer). Avoid square toe shoes.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/cole-haan-w ... ltback=200
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Just recently bought these Bostonian Flexlites on boxing day. Very comfortable and do not have the metal shank, so there's no need to remove them through security.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
I get a few looks at work but they're comfortable.
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Shady McSly wrote:
I get a few looks at work but they're comfortable.
Ha, I'll bet those work well with the Ladies!
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Ecco.
Waterproof, very light and comfortable and last a long time.
http://ca.shop.ecco.com/ECCO-Dublin-GTX ... n-gore-tex
Waterproof, very light and comfortable and last a long time.
http://ca.shop.ecco.com/ECCO-Dublin-GTX ... n-gore-tex
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When will you guys ever learn, you get what you pay for. Good enuf for the juice good enfu for airline pilots....
http://www.brunomagli.com
http://www.brunomagli.com
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My career was not typical and therefore neither is my experience on this subject. I was hired directly onto a DC-8 at age twenty two with less-than 275 hours TT, so very little slush and snow without toe rubbers or galoshes to protect my shoes. I tried several different brands of shoes for the ensuing fourty-one years. Rockport, Florsheim, Hush Puppies( don't laugh at that, in England they have a wide variety of styles and none of them look like what they sell in Canada. I bought mine in Selfridge's on a layover) and lastly Dockers from The Bay were almost the best.
But by far the best has not been mentioned yet in this thread. I bought this pair decades ago and-now retired for six years-still wear the same pair almost daily in my instructing gig. It took a while for my feet and these shoes to make friends but it was worth it as they have felt like slippers for decades. Absolutely no sign of aging or wearing and they take a spit shine easily while I watch hockey on TV in my hotel rooms.
The kickers were that they were ( and still are) made in Canada by an all-Canadian company and-at the time-my airline had a purchasing agreement with them.
Previously mentioned was that shoes are one of the few things we can buy where the price really does reflect the quality and not the whims of the "fashionable today, forgotten tomorrow" market.
Might have to wait until upgrading to Captain, though they do go on sale:
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But by far the best has not been mentioned yet in this thread. I bought this pair decades ago and-now retired for six years-still wear the same pair almost daily in my instructing gig. It took a while for my feet and these shoes to make friends but it was worth it as they have felt like slippers for decades. Absolutely no sign of aging or wearing and they take a spit shine easily while I watch hockey on TV in my hotel rooms.
The kickers were that they were ( and still are) made in Canada by an all-Canadian company and-at the time-my airline had a purchasing agreement with them.
Previously mentioned was that shoes are one of the few things we can buy where the price really does reflect the quality and not the whims of the "fashionable today, forgotten tomorrow" market.
Might have to wait until upgrading to Captain, though they do go on sale:
Dack's
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Once I went to boots I never looked back at shoes. But my god, that is some nice footwear all right. Will definitely try them out for non-work use. Heard of the brand, but not widely distributed I don't think (pity).
The Magli's are pretty awesome as well, but it looks like you'd have to hunt a bit to find a pair plain enough for work, most styles would look right at home on our Lebanese crew gigolos. And I think they exceed the $49.95 budget by a bit of a margin.
The Magli's are pretty awesome as well, but it looks like you'd have to hunt a bit to find a pair plain enough for work, most styles would look right at home on our Lebanese crew gigolos. And I think they exceed the $49.95 budget by a bit of a margin.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
What about brogues, anyone wear this kind of thing to work?
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Looks like something a Starbucks barista would wear
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Just picked up my Blundstones! Thanks for the reviews, the boots are really comfortable.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Any other daily life choices you need help with? Crest vs. Colgate, Salsa vs Ketchup, left leg or right leg? From what I can gather, just make sure that you put the left one on the left foot and the right one on the..... I know, be nice! But it's so boring.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Hey, nothing wrong with a good first hand boot review.
If you're a white glove airline queen probably doesn't matter much, but for the folks who are working in the cold, snow, puddles, mud, etc, picking the right foot ware, especially at $300 a pop, is a big deal and the difference between sailing through your day and having life suck.
If you're a white glove airline queen probably doesn't matter much, but for the folks who are working in the cold, snow, puddles, mud, etc, picking the right foot ware, especially at $300 a pop, is a big deal and the difference between sailing through your day and having life suck.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." - Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes)
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Ok I'm good to go then, thanks!180 wrote:Crest, salsa (spicy), and left leg.
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Re: What kind of shoes do you wear?
Sporty Boots
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