Professional Experience
• Obtained his private and commercial pilot license in 1973.
• From 1973 to 1976, he studied at the San Javier General Air Force Academy in Murcia, Spain and graduated as Lieutenant and Tactical Military Pilot of the XXVII Generation.
• He graduated as a military pilot of Heavy Air Transport at Matacan Multi-Engine Academy in Salamanca, Spain.
• Honorary Pilot of the Spanish Air Force and was awarded the Cross of Aeronautical Merit with white badge for distinguished services.
• Licensed as a transportation and DGAC instruments No.2915-T-117 pilot in August 1987.
• Theoretical and practical instructor for aircrafts No. 3180-IT-49. February 1994.

Languages
• Spanish (native)
• English (90%) Level 5 ICAO

Career Achievements
• Pilot of the Air Section, Ministry of Public Safety, deployed at the Spanish Air Force from 1973 to 1976.
• Flight Engineer, Copilot and Heavy Transport Aircraft Commander, LACSA-TACA-AVIANCA.
• Joined LACSA in 1976 as co-pilot of the DC-3, C-46, Lockheed-188, Boeing 727-100-200 aircraft, Airbus.
• Captain and aircraft instructor for Airbus 319-320-321. October 1992.
• Retired Air Line Pilot LACSA- TACA- AVIANCA with 28,500 flight hours as of December 15, 2016 as AVIANCA Holdings Lifetime Pilot.

Aeronautical Activities
• Director of the Technical Council of Civil Aviation, May 1982- May 1986.
• DGAC delegate in CLAC and IATA commissions.
• DGAC delegate in negotiation of bilateral agreements in USA at the National Transportation Safety Board – NTSB as well as in Central and South America.
• Director of the Civil Aviation Technical Council. 2014-2015.

Courses
• Air transport and airport technician, KLM Amsterdam, Netherlands. March-April 1983.
• Flight Safety. August 1985.
• AD HONOREM Police Training and Public Force Reserve, Ministries of Public Works and Public Security, Central Office of Transit Police, November-December 1997.
• Police Lieutenant Colonel, Presidential Headquarters. January 1998.
• Aeronautical Resource Manager, Business Faculty of the Catholic University of Chile. October 2002.