She hand-held a colleague through his PIP - then got fast-tracked out the door
A JetBlue safety manager alleges the airline ignored her discrimination complaints for years - then fired her for making them.
The worker, who is of South Asian ancestry, filed a federal lawsuit against JetBlue Airways Corporation in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on October 19, 2026. The complaint alleges race and sex discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower retaliation spanning her seven-year tenure.
According to the filing, the worker joined JetBlue in February 2018 as a Designer Business Intelligence. She earned "met expectations" ratings and "solidly demonstrating" competency scores every year from 2019 to 2024. Her reviews praised her for delivering "an exceptional product," being "instrumental" in platform selection, and building dashboards that were "beneficial for both leaders and frontline crewmembers."
She earned $134,000 a year, plus health insurance, 401k, paid time off, flight privileges, and restricted stock units.
Then, the complaint alleges, things started unraveling.
The filing alleges the worker first reported sexual harassment by a colleague to HR in October 2018. According to the complaint, JetBlue "took no immediate corrective action," and the colleague continued making sexual comments through August 2021. The worker says she reported the behavior again - to both her manager and HR.
The airline's response, the complaint...
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