Should passengers take their shoes off on a plane, according to a flight attendant

One of the tricky things about flying often revolves around being stuck in a confined space with other passengers, especially if they do something you might not agree with.Kris Major is a British flight attendant with 25 years' experience. He's worked short-haul hops and spent 14-hour stretches in the sky. He's endured journeys with an unenviable number of layovers, and he's become an expert in refuelling via power naps at 30,000 feet.As many of us prepare for long-haul trips, Major tells CNN Travel his tips and tricks on surviving multiple hours in the sky. And whether to do it in shoes or not.READ MORE: What to do if you can't sleep on a long-haul flightWhat's your perspective on passengers taking off their shoes?For many passengers, this is a controversial question due to concerns about smelly feet. But Major encourages anyone on a long-haul flight to remove shoes for comfort, and to help their circulation.Flight attendants don't care, he says."We do it ourselves. I think most people do it themselves. It's the right thing to do if you're going on a long-haul flight," he says."One would hope that you've had the common decency to have a bath or a shower and put clean socks or stockings or tights on before you get on the aircraft. That's the only issue, if your feet smell."READ MORE: Here's how to figure out the cheapest time to travel and the best time to bookMajor adds that it's polite, if you think there's a chance of feet odour, to "go to the washroom and do something about it."But flight attendants, he says, are more worried about passengers sticking out their feet into the aisle."On a night flight particularly, if you put your feet in the aisle and you've got dark socks on, we won't see you, and we'll trip over you, and it's a bit of a nuisance for us."As a flight attendant, do you judge passengers' movie choices?Major says in his experience, crew aren't paying too much attention to what you've opted to watch on board, but occasionally he'll comment on a traveller's choice."We can use it as an ice breaker," he says. "If I've seen a movie and it's good, it's something to use to strike up conversation."READ MORE: London in 48 hours: From dive bars to Soho decadenceMajor does recall once noticing a Business Class passenger reading a book which included some graphic descriptions."The words were pretty pornographic although I couldn't see enough to follow the thread," Major says.The man was reading the book quite openly, and made no attempts to hide the contents."I was quite shocked," says Major. "Turned out we were taking a group of sex therapists to a conference."FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest travel news and deals via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.