What's with the allcaps YOU bit? Did I whiz in your Cheerios or something? I was simply curious how one would go about commandeering a plane with a shoe bomb. "I'll leave that up to the terrorists" ain't much of an answer. The 'use it to blow the cockpit door' is far better, but assumes (a) that they have the skill to blow the door but not hard the plane envelope and (b) they wouldn't get beaten before, during, and after such an effort.
how much effort does it take for someone in the Phillipines to practice placing a small piece of plastic explosive on the lock on a cockpit door, and whipping out a Bic lighter or a match to ignite it? After enough practice, someone could do it in 20 seconds. the passengers aren't even going to know what is going on in such a short amount of time to be able to get to the guy in time, especially when two of his jihadi buddies are blocking the aisle.