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This 40+ year veteran of the aviation industry has extensive experience as an airline pilot and additional background in safety inspection, flight instruction, airport management, and accident investigation. He earned his B.S. in Aviation Technology and Business Management from Metropolitan State College and holds several certificates from the FAA, including the Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, the Flight Instructor Certificate, the Flight Engineer Certificate, the Ground Instructor Certificate, and the Control Tower Operator Certificate. The expert spent 16 years as a Line Pilot, Federal Flight Deck Officer, and Pilot Instructor for United Airlines. He has also held operations roles with SurfAir, and FlightOne. He is now an aviation consultant.

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This expert in biomechanical engineering has studied typical and perturbed patterns of postural and gait initiation and computational biomechanics of the human finger. She has used her biomechanics acumen to assist in the development of: a shock-resistant mission module support system and energy absorbing and crashworthy seats for helicopters. Her efforts assisted in redefining the recommended lumbar load tolerances for improving the crashworthiness of seating in naval helicopters. She holds a MSc degree in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Arizona University. She is a member of the International Society of Biomechanics, the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

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This expert has 40 years of experience in the field of air traffic control and aviation safety. He studied professional aeronautics and management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and completed training courses with the FAA and the US Navy. This expert is certified as a safety management system practitioner, a contracting officer's representative, and an air traffic control specialist, and holds a control tower operator license. He began his career in the industry as an air traffic controller for the US Navy. He then worked with the Federal Aviation Administration for over 30 years in a variety of roles such as air traffic controller, support specialist, front line manager, air traffic manager, quality assurance staff specialist, and assistant air traffic manager. Currently, this expert is the principal of an aviation consulting firm in California.

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in aviation and flight training. She earned her AAS in aviation technology from San Juan College's Mesa Pilot Development Program. This expert is a certified airline transport pilot, commercial pilot, and flight instructor. She specializes in advanced training such as tailwheel, aerobatics, multi-engine, ATP, upset recovery, and stage checks and has experience with aircrafts of all sizes. She formerly served as the first officer for Part 121 Airline for Mesa Air Group, as well as the chief flight instructor and owner of Instrument Flight Solutions. Currently, this expert is the owner and chief flight instructor of a flight school in California.

This certified helicopter pilot has over 10 years of experience. After earning his BA in geology from the University of San Francisco he began his career as a pilot. He has flown commercially throughout the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. He has served in many pilot positions including a contract pilot position for HeliClass, a corporate helicopter pilot for E&J Gallo Winery, EMS Pilot for STAT MedEvac at John Hopkins Hospital, and as a pilot for offshore emergency response in Angola. He currently serves as a contract and instructor pilot for two energy companies.

This highly qualified aviation expert has over 38 years of experience in many facets of aviation including rotor and fixed-wing aircraft maintenance, FAA regulatory, engineering, factory training, pilot and technician instruction, management and aviation business development and ownership. He earned a certificate in airframe and powerplants from the College of San Mateo. This expert has earned several licenses and certifications throughout his career including being a licensed private pilot and inspection authorization. He is certified as a maintenance technician instructor and an aviation maintenance technician. He has held several roles including senior manufacturer technician and maintenance instructor at Agusta/Westland Aircraft Manufacturer, lead technician at Advanced Helicopters, and director of maintenance at REACH Air Medical Services. He also was the president and principal of his own company Power Aviation Services before he sold it and is now the lead inspector of a helicopter service company in California.