Heads up, jet-setters—TSA may lastly cease hatin’ in your sneakers.

According to NBC News, the feds are test-driving a brand new transfer that might let vacationers at sure U.S. airports preserve their kicks on whereas going by means of safety. No extra slipping off Jordans or Yeezys within the TSA line prefer it’s health club class.

A authorities supply says this low-key rollout is a component of a bigger technique that may very well be applied nationwide if the trial run is profitable. The company hasn’t made an official announcement but. Still, in a Monday assertion, the TSA stated it’s “exploring new and innovative ways” to boost the way it treats passengers, with out compromising security.

Since 2006, vacationers have been required to take away their footwear at checkpoints, a rule launched after Richard “Shoe Bomber” Reid tried to explode a flight from Paris to Miami in 2001. Bro tried to mild a fuse in his kicks however fumbled the entire thing.

Passengers and crew shut down the system, and the aircraft landed safely in Boston. Reid caught a life sentence and now sits locked down in Colorado’s Supermax.

Ever since, TSA has been urgent people to ditch their footwear in safety traces. The rule’s been tweaked right here and there, however by no means totally dropped. It’s been annoying flyers for years—even bought clowned in a 2023 PreCheck business the place vacationers praised the one main flex: no shoe elimination.

“It’s my favorite thing,” one among them stated, useless severe.

Now, TSA is again within the lab, operating a pilot program that may carry PreCheck vibes to everyone. If it hits, we may very well be strolling by means of these scanners with our kicks laced and our dignity intact.

For now, the timeline’s murky, however momentum’s constructing. Keep your ears to the runway—your subsequent flight may simply be the one the place you stroll by means of safety such as you personal the tarmac.