Why does Starfleet think it is appropriate for away teams to beam down to potentially hostile planets with dress shoes, no pockets and a thin layer of cloth for uniform?

The same reason they don´t send in MACOs first.
Writers know jack shit about military SOP. They can´t get continuity right, do you expect they can get this?

Because it's a tv series.

those are actors

>>64066375 (OP)
Because space suits would cost too much for clothing department.

Fuck off to /tv/ with this offtopic thread.

>>64066375 (OP)
Because they're peaceniks in a socialist utopia

>>64066375 (OP)
dunno, ask /tv/

>>64066375 (OP)
They're high tech starfleet shoes that give excellent grip yet are fashionable.
Don't need pockets when all you need is a phaser and a tricorder.
Not like more armor would protect you against a disruptor.

>>64066406
this, star trek is the original luxury gay space communism

>>64066397
If the environment is hostile enough like on Seti Alpha VI, then they use space suits.
>spoiler alert its not really Seti Alpha VI

>>64066418
Random packing crates regularly block the rayguns in trek, faggot.

>>64066434
They're high-tech starfleet crates.

>>64066375 (OP)
Notice that Starfleet away teams beat the fuck out of so-called "warrior" races even in casual wear. The reason is the Feddies are so OP that they don't even bother.