Warren Christie is JetBlue’s chief operating officer. He leads the airline’s day-to-day operational performance with responsibility for safe and reliable operations, overseeing JetBlue’s airports, flight operations, inflight experience, safety, security, system operations, and technical operations functions, as well as JetBlue University’s training academy.
Prior to becoming COO in February 2024 he served as head of safety, security, fleet operations, airports, and JetBlue University. Christie joined JetBlue in 2003 holding a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president, operations planning and training; vice president, JetBlue University; senior vice president, safety, security, and air operations; senior vice president, regulatory and training; and senior vice president, safety, security, fleet operations, airports and JetBlue University.
Christie has a robust aviation career spanning 30+ years. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1988, he was commissioned as an Officer in the United States Navy where he piloted the F/A-18 Hornet. He served as a Naval Aviator and instructed at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) where he led staff and student training and was responsible for the design of the graduate level strike-fighter tactics training curriculum.