Yuliya Sikirda is Associate Professor of Management, Economy, Law and Tourism Department at the Flight Academy of National Aviation University. Has graduated from the Flight Academy of National Aviation University (former State Flight Academy of Ukraine) in 2001, received a Master degree on specialty “Air Traffic Services” specialization “Air Traffic Control”. Has got a diploma of PhD in Technical Sciences on specialty “Automated Control Systems and Advanced Information Technologies” (2004). PhD thesis “Modelling of Decision Support System for an Air Traffic Controller in Flight Emergency Situations”, the thesis has defended in Kyiv Automation Institute. In 2006 has received an attestat of Associate Professor of Management and Economy Department. Since 2014 is the member of the specialized scientific council for the defense of dissertations for PhD in Technical Sciences on the specialty “Navigation and Motion Control”. The author and co-author of about 180 scientific works, including three manuscripts and more than 40 articles in specialized scientific publications, three copyright certificates on computer programs. Together with the scientific work has actively engaged in the methodological provision of the educational process, during the years of labor activity above 80 teaching and methodological works have been issued. Areas of scientific interests: increasing of the decision making efficiency by the human-operator of the Air Navigation System in flight emergencies; assessment of the influence of aviation enterprises’ internal and external management environment factors on the activity of the Socio-technical System’s operator. Teaching courses: “Introduction to the Specialty”, “Transport and Transport Infrastructure”, “Information Systems in Management”, “Methodology of Scientific Researches”, “Mathematical Modelling of Professional Tasks”.