Dr. Martens
 

Anyone know if the Ian by Dr. Marten's Sole Collection are airport friendly?

No, but I can say that Dr. Scholl's are! The best $15 I have spent in a while.

I don't know what kind of docs i have, but i got em from the pilotshop in CVG. Never had a problem with em.

Pilot Tested
TSA approved!

Please tell me they don't have yellow stitching :o

If they do, it's really easy to take a felt marker and make them black. I did that to mine in the hopes of wearing them every day but unfortunately they have a steel shank and set of the detector. I'm too lazy to take my shoes off every time.

Hadn't thought of that!

No yellow stitching thankfully!

I think they're the "Air Wairs" or something

Don't ruin a great pair of Docs like that. Leave the yellow, its classic. I wore mine for almost a year before they were retired.

No, there is no yellow stitching. They look like a basic oxford dress shoe, but they have the air sole on them and the sole is black, not yellow.

It's called the Ian from the sole collection. You can only purchase them through the Dr. Marten Usa Store online.

Dr. Martens are junk now. Ever since the company was sold, the shoes have been made in Indonesia or something. I've had my first pair for 9 years. They were made in the UK. My most recent pair I've had for 5 months, and they are falling apart. What a let down.

I still wear my original pair. I have had them since 2000 or so. They are my favorite shoes...I guess you could say I'm attached to them in some wierd, sick way?...

But I don't wear them to work. I'm all about Rockports. No steal shanks, and very comfy!

Trick for determining if shoes are TSA friendly or not:

Metal detectors are magnetometers (magnet-o-meter) so its just a big magnetic force indicator. Without getting into the engineering behind how those things work just think of it as a big magnet. If you hold any magnet up to the sole of a pair of shoes and the magnet sticks, it will set of the detector. If it doesn't stick, there is no steel shank so you won't need to take them off.

Many higher-end brands have dropped steel shanks because they lead to a longer break-in time. Allen Edmund and Johnston & Murphy for example are all airport-friendly. They are a little pricey but very comfortable and if you take care of them, they will look good and last forever. Hope this helps!

I have these Docs and they have some sort of metal eyelet on the inside of the shoes. I don't want to wear them though to test run security, because if I wear them and they set off the detectors I can't take them back.

I wore docs in 7th grade.

You guys can't be serious, saying you still wear them now.

They look terrible, and wearing them with a uniform makes us all look bad.

I saw a AWAC guy with them on 2 days ago and laughed out loud.

Buy some cheap normal black shoes. There have been countless threads about options.

Best shoes ever. Worn by real pilots.

Its cool if you guys in the fancy RJ's like that metro look, im sure the flight attendents love it.

Sadly, my FOM specifically prohibits wearing Docs. (Seriously: they are referred to by name.)

Cheeks22 is right. The shoes are junk now, since they make them in China. They are no more Doc Martens. They are now Doc Changs.