Citation Pilot – Nebraska

Alex Warren is just 34 years old and has already spent half his life in aviation. He is looking forward to many more years at the controls, too, thanks in no small measure to JetPro Pilots.

Alex is an Oklahoma native, born and raised in Tulsa. He has flown corporate and commercial aircraft across the Midwest and West, as well as Alaska, and has been taking assignments through JetPro for nearly two years. He’s very happy with that arrangement, and the extra income it provides him and his wife, Miranda, as they anticipate the birth of their first child.

“Their checks really helped out at a time I really needed them,” Alex said in a recent interview, recalling his JetPro assignments. Things immediately began to click when that happened. Alex spends much of his time these days at the controls of a Citation II 550, flying for a private family from a small airport near Omaha. He is scheduled several months out, which affords him the opportunity to remain available for JetPro work.  Thankfully this is a much better position than he experienced in his early days in aviation.

Alex says he wanted to fly when he was a youngster, “but didn’t think that would be a possibility — to have such a cool job.”  But he made it happen, beginning his flight training at age 17 and continuing his pursuit of a pilot’s license at Tulsa Community College and later at the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a degree in air traffic control.

After starting out as both a pilot and flight instructor, Alex picked up a full-time position with SkyWest in the right seat of Embraer 175s. From there it was on to Alaska as a pilot for an air ambulance service. That’s where he met Miranda, who is a travel nurse. Their work eventually brought them back to the Lower 48, with stops in Chicago, Seattle, and Atlanta before recently settling in Nebraska. And in the past year, Alex has been doing some Citation flying for JetPro Pilots. 

“As soon as I joined JetPro it seemed like I was getting texts from them that they need a pilot, and I was able to help out,” Alex reflected. “It’s been good ever since.”