Sir Richard Branson is the Founder of the Virgin Group. Since starting the Virgin Group in 1968, and throughout his 56 year career, Sir Branson has founded over 400 companies spanning in diverse sectors  including three airlines: Virgin Atlantic (1984), Virgin Australia (1999), and Virgin America (2004).

Daniel Shurz is the Senior Vice President of Commercial at Frontier Airlines. He has over 20 years of experience in the aviation industry working for United Airlines, Air Canada, and Frontier Airlines. Prevosily, Mr. Shurz served as the Manager of Domestic Planning for United from 1996-2005, and Vice President of Network Planning at Air Canada from 2006-2009.

Blake Scholl is the Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. The commercial airliner that Boom is developing, called Overture, will be capable of flying two times faster than any airliner today and has already received 35 orders from United Airlines and American Airlines. Prior to that, he worked at Pelago and Amazon and co-founded mobile tech startup Kima Labs which was acquired by Groupon in 2012.

Kam Majd is an Edgar Award-nominated author who was a pilot at American Airlines for 35 years, most recently as a Boeing 777 captain based in Los Angeles, California. His book, High Wire, tells the story of a young female pilot flying an aircraft contaminated with a lethal computer virus.

Andrew Pyne is the Founder and CEO of Fly Atlantic. He has more than 30 years of experience in the aviation industry working for 13 different airlines including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, WOW Air, Cobalt Air, and Viva Air Macau. Prevosily, Mr. Pyne served as CEO of Viva Air Macau from 2004-2007, and CEO of Cobalt Air from 2015-2016.

Charles Duncan is the President of Norse Atlantic Airways. He has over 27 years of experience in the aviation industry working for Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Swoop, and WestJet. Previously, Mr. Duncan served as the EVP and Chief Strategy Officer at WestJet from 2018-2020, and President of Swoop from 2020-2022.

Jennifer Homendy is the Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). She has more than 20 years of experience in the transportation safety industry including time she served as the Democratic Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials from 2004-2018. Chair Homendy also served on the National Transportation Safety Board as a Board Member from 2018-2021 before becoming Chair in August 2021.

John Lamola is the Executive Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of South African Airways. He has more than 27 years of experience in the aviation industry where he was CEO at Denel Aviation from 1996-2001. Professor Lamola also served on the Board from 2012-2017 of Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). Additionally, he is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Johannesburg.

Eduardo Fairen is the CEO of TAAG Angola Airlines. He has more than 45 years of experience in the aviation industry working for Viva Air, CAMAIR, Air Arabia Maroc, and Vueling Airlines. Previously, Mr. Fairen served as CEO of Viva Air Peru and co-founded Vueling Airlines.

Martin Gauss is the Chairman and CEO of AirBaltic. He has over 27 years of experience in the aviation industry working for Deutsche BA and Air Baltic. Previously, he served as Managing Director of Deutsche BA where he led the airline to profitability and was sold to Air Berlin in 2006.

David Neeleman is the founder and CEO of Breeze Airways. In addition to founding Breeze, Mr. Neele man has founded four other airlines including Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue Airways, and Azul Brazilian Airlines. He has over 40 years of experience in the aviation industry and remains the Chairman of Azul Brazilian Airlines.

Tony Douglas is the CEO of Etihad Aviation Group. He has over 32 years of experience in the aviation industry working for British Aerospace Company, London Heathrow Airport, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Abu Dhabi Airports Company, and Etihad Airways. Previously he served as CEO of the Defense Equipment and Support department for the UK Ministry of Defense, where he was responsible for procuring and supporting all the equipment and services for the British Armed Forces.

Peter Ingram is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Airlines. He has over 28 years of experience in the aviation industry working for American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. Previously, Mr. Ingram served as the Chief Financial Officer 2005-2011, and the Chief Commercial Officer 2011-2018 for Hawaiian Airlines.

John Jackson is the Vice President of Passenger Sales & Marketing for the Americas at Korean Air. He has over 36 years of experience in the aviation industry, working for Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Korean Air.

Captain Houston Mills is the Vice President of Flight Operations and Safety at UPS Airlines. He has over 28 years of experience working for UPS Airlines. A veteran of the US Marine Corps, he served in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and flew in operations Restore Hope and Southern Watch.

Beverly Weintraub is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who wrote for the New York Daily News and Washington Post, and she is currently an Executive Editor at The 74 Media. Her first book, Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators, tells the true story of six remarkable women who made history as recruits in a naval aviation experiment in 1972.

Doug Parker is the chairman and recently retired CEO of American Airlines. He has over 36 years of experience in the aviation industry working for American Airlines, US Airways, America West Airlines and Northwest Airlines. Previously, Mr. Parker served as CEO of America West from 2001-2005, and CEO of US Airways from 2005-2013.

Rob McKinney is the Chief Executive Officer of FLOAT Alaska LLC and its subsidiaries—Northern Pacific Airways and Ravn Alaska. He has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry working at Pacific Wings, Mokulele Airlines, SeaPort Airlines, and FLOAT (Fly Over All Traffic) Shuttle.

Daniel Shurz is the Senior Vice President of Commercial at Frontier Airlines. He has over 20 years of experience in the aviation industry working for United Airlines, Air Canada, and Frontier Airlines.

Greg Mays is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Sun Country Airlines. He has over 26 years of experience in the aviation industry working for The Boeing Company, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines, and Sun Country Airlines.