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Of the Aeronautical Engineering Bill

and CPSP-CATS
From the Office of the Chairman,
PRB of Aeronautical Engineering,
Professional Regulation Commission
I’m so glad that you accepted our invitation to participate in the ‘by
invitation-only’ 7th Aero Engineers’ Summit. The Summit is held to
tackle the issues and challenges that our profession is facing right
now. We count two challenges that we need to address today: One is
the Career Progression & Specialization Program and Credit
Accumulation & Transfer System or CPSP-CATS. The other one is the
Aeronautical Engineering Bill or AEB.

PD 1570 was signed into law in 1978. It’s 46 years old already, almost
half a century. And yet, it’s still waiting to be repealed and a new law
to replace it. We’re all working in the aviation industry,
knowledgeable in our own areas of expertise, so we have the
capability to do it.

We’ve been trying to come up with the final draft of our AEB for some
time now. In fact, we submitted the first version of the draft to
Congress twice. Nothing positive came out of it. Up to the point that
new developments were happening in the industry that there was a
need to revise the bill and produce a new draft. New participants,
new faces, pitched in their opinion and helped improve the draft.
We’ve been holding meetings and summits for the purpose of
completing the final draft. One that really encompasses most, if not
all, areas of practice of aeronautical engineering, based on the four
(4) major activity areas as stipulated in PD 1570. There were so many
new ideas and suggestions coming from various quarters that we
thought we should edit the draft again.

We even created an adhoc committee and they came up with a

working draft that really tried to encompass the various practices
which are already being done in the aviation industry, that we claim
exclusivity as our own, which means they should be under the
aeronautical engineering profession. Now it is our ardent hope and
objective that during this Summit we could be able to produce the
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Of the Aeronautical Engineering Bill

and CPSP-CATS
From the Office of the Chairman,
PRB of Aeronautical Engineering,
[Continued…] Professional Regulation Commission

It is imperative for us to finish the task on hand, to find answers to

the comments and concerns coming from two quarters, the PRC
itself and CAAP. I hope by addressing the issues, we can harmonize
the various ideas and opinion into ones that we can agree upon.

Another challenge that’s facing us today is the crafting and

subsequent implementation of the CPSP-CATS resolution. The
document would guide us on how to pursue our career path, and to
choose which area/s we could specialize. This is a very exciting
endeavor that would affect our career in the future. This would also
give us the opportunity to advance our career through the
recognition of levels in our profession, to Level 7 and 8, which would
grant us equivalency with aero engineers in other countries in the
Southeast Asian region.

Having said this, let’s begin.

Hon. Ernesto B. Ferreras Jr.

6th Summit, PICC, 2019

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Message from the PRB of Aeronautical Engineering

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RESOURCE PERSONS

Hon. Ernesto Ferreras Jr.

Chairman, PRB of Aero. Eng’g
Chairman, CPD Council for Aero. Eng’g
Vice-Chairman, CPSP-CATS Committee for Aero. Eng’g

Engr. Janos Ambros Reyes

Member,
CPSP-CATS Committee for Aero. Eng’g

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THE “AERO SUMMITEERS”

Hon. Ernesto Ferreras Jr.

Chairman, PRB of Aero. Eng’g
Sr. Tech. Instr., Lufthansa Tech. Hon. Redentor Malia
Training Phil. Member, PRB of Aero. Eng’g
President & Gen. Mgr.,
MACHSCAN Technical Services

Dr. Jayjack Manzano

National President, SAEP
Academician/Consultant
Engr. Jabel Abella
Vice President, SAEP
Research & Dev. Engineer,
AirForce Res. & Dev. Ctr.,
PAF

Engr. Joy Cosme Amores Jr.

Secretary, SAEP
Vice President for Academic Affairs,
PATTS College of Aeronautics
Capt. Fernando Fajardo Jr.
Treasurer, SAEP
Chief Opns. Officer, Executive Air
Airline Captain, Cebu Pacific
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Engr. Arvin Gastardo

P.R.O. & Auditor, SAEP Dr. Rey Roca
President, ARNORIZ Professional Director for Academe, SAEP
Services Sr. Tech. Instr., Aircraft Maint.
Dept., PAL Express

Engr. Tasha Palugod

Director for Airline, SAEP
Engr. Billy Joel Liquido Tech. Support Engr., Airbus
Director for, SAEP Helicopters Phil.
Chief Operations Officer,
Canopy Innovative System

Engr. Gilbert de Guzman

Director for Government, SAEP
Aircraft Eng’g Safety Inspector 1,
Airworthiness Dept., CAAP

Engr. Anthony Apuyan

Managing Director
Advanced Aviation Institute

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Engr. Ronaldo Lumibao

Dept. Manager, Engr. Bejamin Pablo Simbulan
Airworthiness Dept., CAAP Vice President
Engineering & Maintenance,
Royal Air Philippines

Engr. Janos Ambros Reyes

Chief Executive Officer
Aerostrategies

Engr. Alimben Nara

Sr. Civil Avn. Regulations Officer
Engr. Romulo Raras Jr. Airworthiness Dept., CAAP
Vice President
Maintenance & Engineering,
PAL Express

Judge Richard Balucio

Presiding Judge
Regional Trial Court Br. 15
Laoag City
Engr. Felix Jarmin
Aircraft Eng’g Safety Inspector
Airworthiness Dept., CAAP

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Here’s what we’re going to do in this discussion. How are we

going to do this? Here are the ground rules.

1. We will present only those sections of the Bill which are

under comments or clarification.
2. Each participant should raise his/her hand and wait to be
recognized. He/she will have 3 to 4 minutes to say his/her
piece.
3. The first one to raise his/her hand will be recognized first.
4. Let’s try to focus only on the Section under discussion.
5. If there is any difference in opinion, we’ll come to a vote to
agree.
6. Editing of the section/paragraph under discussion will be
immediate to save time and for easy finalization of the
draft.
7. Let’s do it.

Submission of the Aero Eng’g Bill draft, Dec. 2022

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 THE SUMMIT THROUGH THE YEARS

Aero Engineers’ Summits

1st Aero Engineers’
28 September 2013 Philippine State College of Aeronautics
Summit

2nd Aero Engineers’

16 May 2015 Conrad’s Café & Grille
Summit

3rd Aero Engineers’

23-25 September 2016 Hotel Monticello, Tagaytay
Summit

4th Aero Engineers’ 5 May 2017 Conrad’s Café & Grille

Summit 6 May 2017 PTC Milcom

5th Aero Engineers’

7 July 2018 SMX Convention Center
Summit

6th Aero Engineers’

13 July 2019 Philippine International Convention Center
Summit

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I’m an aeronautical engineer,

I design machines that fly,
That can lift both body and soul
into the vast expanse of the sky.
God has bestowed on me a gift
and let my spirit free,
To build aircraft under His wings
for all the world to see.
I conceive designs with fresh ideas
uncontained by selfish desire,
My mind computes the cold equations
as I set my pen on fire.

-II-

I hope to contribute to aircraft flight

something I can call my own,
Using my knowledge of aeronautics
that my peers have earlier sown.
I’m in awe at both nature and machine
that inspired designers in the past;
They designed, built, and flew machines
from ideas that forever last.
I trust in the magic of technology
to traverse the realm of the air;
The more I’ll construct newer aircraft
to climb ever higher up there.

-III-

To produce better aircraft and parts

is to serve the public good,
To help ensure the safety of passengers
and thus exalt our brotherhood.
I commit myself to nation building
for progress and prosperity
For I believe in the unity of aero engineers
for the betterment of humanity.
I’m an aeronautical engineer
by profession, dedicated and pure,
I know the beauty of aircraft design
lies in the equations that endure.

-ooo-
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• A ERONAUTICAL E NGINEERING B ILL

• C AREER P ROGRESSION & S PECIALIZATION P ROGRAM
AND C REDIT A CCUMULATION & T RANSFER S YSTEM

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