He was joined by a human factors specialist with a doctorate in neuroscience and 10 years' experience in human factors analysis for Defence Research and Development Canada, and three former Canadian Forces pilots with close to 60 years of collective military experience. Two were search and rescue pilots during the course of their military careers, while the other was a senior test pilot at the Canadian Forces Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta.
Deux de ces derniers ont participé à des opérations de recherche et de sauvetage durant leur carrière dans l'armée, et le troisième était pilote d'essai principal au Centre d'essais techniques (Aérospatiale) des Forces canadiennes à Cold Lake, en Alberta.