Adrián Rivera Oliver

Adrián was chosen as a SALA member because he brings practical, real-world experience that is directly aligned with SALA’s mission.

With more than 30 years in civil and military aviation, he has worked in ATC systems, early warning, terminals, and runway infrastructure. He has participated in both Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) in different countries and with different types of clients.

He has seen a recurring problem:

Airports often hire third parties to test equipment, but those third parties do not always clearly understand:

• what the real testing objective is,

• which parameters are critical,

• what the regulations actually require,

• and what the end user needs to verify.

Many end users are not specialists in regulations or testing protocols. As a result, equipment is sometimes evaluated without a clear definition of what “acceptable performance” really means.

In Airfield Lighting — both conventional and solar — Adrián has experienced this gap directly.

SALA’s goal is to create clear, easy-to-understand standards and practical field tests that:

• define what must be verified,

• can be executed on site,

• and provide real certainty to the end user.

Adrián contributes experience in acceptance testing, understanding of regulatory environments, and the ability to translate complex requirements into simple, practical verification steps.