British woman lost job due to wearing cross pendant

A British Airways (BA) employee has lost her fight to openly wear a cross necklace at work at Heathrow.

Nadia Eweida, 55, of Twickenham, has been on unpaid leave since her bosses told her she could not visibly wear her cross at the check-in counter.

She found out she had lost her appeal against the decision by BA when she met with the airline bosses on Monday.

BA denied it had banned the wearing of crosses and said Ms Eweida had a right to a second appeal.

It said its uniform policy stated that such items could be worn if concealed underneath the uniform.

(full news here on BBC)

That’s a pretty drastic action but I suppose if the policy covers everyone and including every faith, then, there is not much one can argue.

Personally, I like to wear a cross too. You know why? It is very tedious to go to the market and all the butchers, poultry sellers, flower stalls etc etc pestering me on every 1st and 15th days of the month to buy this and that for my ‘gods’. So, after I wore a cross which can be openly seen on my neck, I do not have to keep explaining that I don’t need that chicken, pork, flower for prayers. Hahaha, that’s probably the only reason I wore a cross.

Still, a cross is a pretty cool symbol to adorn. Plus it keeps one in the straight path too.