Ben Thiesse, PE, currently serves as a Pilot for Sun Country Airlines since October 2023 and as a Structural Engineer at VAA since January 2021. Additionally, Ben Thiesse is a Pilot with the US Air Force Reserve since January 2021 and was a Pilot in the United States Air Force from June 2018 to January 2021. Prior experience includes working as a Structural Engineer at VAA, LLC from June 2012 to June 2018. Ben Thiesse holds a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of Minnesota Duluth and a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from the same institution.