Bruno Villela, system safety consultant for CAPACG joined the group in 2010.
His experience as a Brazilian Navy officer, helicopter pilot and system safety analyst bring valuable experience and expertise to the CAPACG team . He attended the Brazilian Navy Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he earned a Bachelor of Naval Science Degree with an electronic area of concentration in 1999. After working for 18 months as the Navigation Officer in a frigate, he started flight training in 2002. As a pilot, he worked in the maintenance department of his operational squadron for three years, and was involved in accident investigations. Flying the Agusta-Westland Super Lynx, he accumulates 550 flight hours, 150 of which under IFR. In 2007, he was the aviation safety officer in the Brazilian Navy Training Ship, which spent 6 months travelling around the world as the final instruction phase to the Brazilian Navy Midshipmen. In 2011, he has earned his Master of Science in Aeronautics degree with specializations in Safety Systems and Education Technology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Additionally, Bruno is currently working with aviation safety prevention and accident investigations at the Brazilian Navy Aviation Directorate.
