Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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The 31 Democrats on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&amp;I) Committee are urging Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to clear up confusion surrounding executive orders from the White House that halt infrastructure investments and air traffic controller hiring.
In a <a href="https://bit.ly/3PYvp5r">letter</a> sent on Wednesday to the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-01-28/us-senate-confirms-sean-duffy-dot-secretary">newly minted</a> secretary, the entire T&amp;I Democrat contingent noted that executive orders, along with the Office of Management and Budget’s pause on federal financial assistance, “are sowing chaos in an industry that counts on long-term certainty and will raise project costs.”
According to the letter, the actions are putting billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of jobs, and tens of thousands of projects at risk. “Unfortunately, the actions in the first week of this Administration show a fundamental miscalculation of the bipartisan support infrastructure investment enjoys in Congress and how much governors, mayors, county commissioners, city councilmembers, and state legislators across the country count on federal infrastructure dollars,” the members wrote.
They urged Duffy to provide clear guidance on DOT’s plans to implement the president’s objectives surrounding infrastructure, make publicly available on DOT’s website an up-to-date list of all grants subject to the executive orders, and communicate changes to grant solicitations or requirements, including clarity on how to demonstrate compliance with the DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.
“Project sponsors, particularly those who have already been awarded grants, deserve to know which grants and policies you intend to target, eliminate, or change; the timeline for grant award reviews; and your desired changes to rules and requirements,” they continued. “Ultimately, Congress has a strong say in whether the new rules and requirements the President prefers, and the process by which the Administration tries to impose them, withstand scrutiny and can proceed. Expect a full review of U.S DOT’s actions and proposals by this Committee as this process unfolds.”

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