Georgy Alekseevich Kryzhanovsky is First President of the Academy of Transport of Russia (1991), Founder and President of the International Academy of Transport (1997). He is Russian Federation Honored Worker of Science. He is Head (Rector) of the Order of Lenin of the Academy of Civil Aviation (1990-2004), Professor in the Department of Organization and Management in Transport Systems of St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation. His research interests are in the areas of flight safety, increasing their efficiency and regularity. He is the author of over 350 scientific works, including: 20 monographs, 6 textbooks, 10 teaching aids, 15 inventions, which are widely used in the practical activities of aviation enterprises and airlines, in the educational process of transport and special–technical universities. Anatoly Ivanovich Kozlov is Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honorary Master of Sciences and Engineering of the Russian Federation and Professor in the Department of Technical Oper
