Robert W. Kaps, a professor of aviation management in the Department of Aviation Management and Flight at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has over thirty years of experience in labor and industrial relations, including work for a major airline.

J. Scott Hamilton is a professor of management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and has practiced aviation law for over thirty years, including aviation labor relations; in government as assistant attorney general; and in aviation management as general counsel and chief operating officer.

An associate professor of aviation management at Oklahoma State University and the holder of the Roger Hardesty Endowed Chair in Aviation Science, Timm Bliss has more than twenty years of experience in higher education and public service.