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This makes me so angry. This was one of the reasons I got out of consulting. Every fucking time, I would get an enhanced check. Surprisingly enough, it is nothing new. This is something you face if you are a minority. Hell, I remember a friend from back in Africa whose dad got blacklisted in the nineties because he had a beard. Brown catholic guy with a beard got blacklisted. The only difference now is that at least this guy is articulate enough to vocalize organized discrimination.

And Fuck Jet Blue while we are at it.

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Fuck Jet Blue. I'm boycotting them.

Possibly worth noting that Jet Blue has had some other problems in their history:

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2008/09/30/the-video-that-...

http://www.jessdugan.com/blog/13699650/JetBlue-stole-my-came...

If I were a consultant today, I'd look into buying an RV. No more dirty hotel rooms or questionable restaurant food. And a much lower chance of a TSA encounter.

Or a private pilot license.

"Yeah can you give me about two weeks? I'm going to take my RV."

-1 client. How bout no.

Three possible replies to this.

#1. I have a MiFi device, so I can get started with the preliminaries as my spouse drives. And of course, once I arrive I'll be on-site with your team.

#2. Because I provide my own living arrangements, my expenses will be much lower. I'll charge you diesel from my current location instead of a round-trip business-class airline ticket, and the RV park is $300 a month, vs. $150 a night at a hotel. Since I tow my car, you won't be paying for a rental. And you won't be billed for bi-weekly weekend trips home, as I bring my home with me.

#3. (fudge it a bit...) I can be there as soon as I finish wrapping things up with my current client. Probably on the 9th.

#2 A huge enterprise company would probably reject you for nickel and diming on their behalf. The billing rate is incredibly high mainly because they just want their job done.

#3 A consequence of high billing rates is that you will be required to be there as soon as possible.

When I pay someone $3000 for the day, I expect them to arrive in two hours in a fucking G6.

Winston Wolfe arriving in an NSX. Gotcha.

no idea if it accomplishes anything, but i wrote a strongly worded complaint through the jetblue website here - http://www.jetblue.com/contact-us/email/concern/

Some other options to directly contact JetBlue:

Justin Thompson Director Customer Support Justin.thompson@jetblue.com (801) 449- 2732

David Barger Chief executive officer (718) 286-7900 david.barger@jetblue.com

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No, consultants travel often enough that the frequency of enhanced checks starts adding up to a lot

I believe he means that being a consultant required that he fly frequently, and they happened to single him out as well.

I'm assuming his consulting work involved frequent travel, and he happens to "fit the profile".

My reading was that as a consultant, he had to fly more often.

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