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ITEM 9. CHANGES AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act)
that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and
that such information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file under the Exchange Act is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and our
Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management, with
the participation of our CEO and CFO, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of December 31, 2009. Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2009.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Under the supervision and with the
participation of our management, including our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control —
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was
effective as of December 31, 2009.
Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited our Consolidated
Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, audited the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. Ernst & Young LLP has issued their report which is
included elsewhere herein.
Changes in Internal Control
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the
evaluation of our controls performed during the quarter ended December 31, 2009 that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Code of Ethics
We adopted a Code of Ethics within the meaning of Item 406(b) of SEC Regulation S-K. This Code of
Ethics applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
This Code of Ethics is publicly available on our website at investor.jetblue.com. If we make substantive
amendments to this Code of Ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, we will disclose the
nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a report on Form 8-K within four days of such
amendment or waiver.
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