Flight Home: Friday, February 7, 2025
Captain Campos and his family will be flown home to New York on American Airlines flight 2074, DCA-LGA, departing Gate D39 at DCA at 5:50 pm and arriving in LGA at 7:16 pm.
A water cannon salute will honor Captain Campos at departure at DCA and upon arrival at LGA.
“Funeral services will be held on Tuesday 11 Feb in Brooklyn. Crewmembers are welcome and uniforms are strongly encouraged.
Tuesday 11 Feb 2025
9:45 AM
St. Bernadette
8201 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11228
CA Campos obituary can be found
here.”
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Captain Jonathan Campos Obituary
Jonathan Jay Campos was born in Bronx, New York on March 13, 1990. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York with his Mother, Jeannine Campos, Father, Feliberto Campos Jr., and maternal Aunt, Beverly Lane. Through his childhood and adolescence, Jonathan enjoyed frequent travels with his family including his mother, aunts Beverly, Maria and Julie and her partner Tom, his Uncle Johnny and late Aunt Theresa. He experienced at least 40 cruises in his lifetime. He loved fast vehicles and always wanted to become a pilot. Jonathan was averse to staying still, and his kinetic energy and perpetual curiosity kept him striving for bigger and better conquests all the time.
At the tender age of 9, Jonathan lost his father, who was a New York City Police Officer. This left an impression of service upon Jonathan well into his adulthood. He often traveled with his father’s badge, and even had a tattoo of the badge with number 4935 on his right shoulder. His mother and maternal aunt Beverly continued to raise Jonathan as the family held his father’s memories and legacy dear, including weekly visits to his father’s gravesite in St. John’s Cemetery, where Jonathan too will be interred.
Jonathan went to PS 90 for elementary school, IS 303 for middle school, and later graduated from John Dewey High School in 2008. In high school, he served as the leading AV assistant for school shows, and loved helping around the marine biology lab. Jonathan loved marine science, music, pyrotechnics, racing, scuba diving, snowboarding, sky diving, horseback riding, motorcycles, boating, flying, joking, travel, reptiles, aquariums, and making others laugh. He was known for his vibrant, bigger than life personality.
In 2008, Jonathan moved to Daytona Beach, Florida to purse his bachelors degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. On December 28, 2008, Jonathan proposed to his high school sweetheart, Nicole Suissa. They remained happily engaged for some time. Though the pair never married, they remained friends and confidants to one another until Jonathan’s untimely passing. Jonathan graduated from Embry Riddle with a Bachelors in Aeronautical Science in 2015. He worked tirelessly to pursue his flight hours and pass his assessment for his flight certifications. He later pursued his flight instructor certification from Epic Flight Academy where he also served as a flight instructor. He held a helicopter pilot’s license as well as a scuba diving certification. Somehow, he also found time to be a motorcycle racer, and an aircraft mechanic. Jonathan loved exotic aquariums and enjoyed reptile and aquarium conventions. He was the proud owner of an exotic aquarium in his Ormond Beach, FL home.
In 2018, Jonathan was selected to fly commercially for PSA, a subsidiary of American Airlines. He became a Captain at PSA in 2022, a position he coveted and took very seriously. Jonathan’s passion for aviation and love of flying in service of others was exhibited everyday, in every offer to family and friends, every friendly encounter with his students, every on air announcement to his cabin and crew. Jonathan lived and loved his work.
He is predeceased by his loving father, Feliberto (“Feli”) Campos Jr., his grandmother, Jean Lane, and his Aunt, Theresa Lane.
He leaves behind his doting family, Jeannine Campos, Beverly Lane, Maria Lane, Julie Lane, John Lane, his girlfriend of 10 years, Ashley Childress, and many heartbroken friends, students, colleagues, and former classmates. Jonathan will forever be missed for his mischievous grin, infectious laugh, goofy sense of humor, unparalleled passion, perseverance, grit, and adventurous spirit.
All are welcome to his funeral service at Torregrossa Funeral Home at 1305 79th St, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Interment at St. John’s Cemetery to follow.
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Same. Glad it’s not just me. I assume it’s a bit of age and things I probably shouldn’t say on social media at this point.
