Has anyone employed by an airline ever been sacked for not wearing uniform?
A British Airways employee was suspended from work for refusing to remove a necklace bearing a Christian cross, a British newspaper reported yesterday. Nadia Eweida, a check-in worker at Heathrow Airport, told the Daily Mail she was suing the airline for religious discrimination after being sent home for breaching BA’s dress code. “British Airways permits Muslims to wear a headscarf, Sikhs to wear a turban and other faiths religious apparel. Only Christians are forbidden to express their faith,” Eweida was quoted as saying. British Airways said company policy said employees must wear jewellery, including religious symbols, under their uniforms. “This rule applies for all jewellery and religious symbols on chains and is not specific to the cross,” the airline said.