Mexican candidate for
STS-61B; Aeronautical Engineering at the
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN,1967 to 1971; Master of Science in
Aerodynamics, 1971 to 1973;
M.D.
degree in Medicine and Surgery (Specialty in Human Factors), 1987 to 1994;
Master in Business Administration, 1998 to 2000; Founder and Principal of the
Centro Nacional de Vuelo Simulado until 1985; Aeronautical Engineer and Pilot
at Mexicana Airlines from 1975 until 2007, when he retired with almost 20,000
flight hours mostly as Pilot in Command; General Director and Professor in the
Colegio Aeronáutico Profesional of México; to date he is Deputy
General Director of Safety and Aerial Services into the Mexican Secretariat for
Communications and Transportation; hobbies: playing with his kids, helping his
wife with her gardening, a little bit of the japanese martial arts philosophy
and reading and listening to the classical music.