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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has become the next U.S. government agency subject to layoffs. According to multiple reports, more than 800 probationary employees are receiving layoff notices. NOAA, which had a staff of 12,000, provides key weather forecasting and other data, including for aviation operations.
These NOAA layoffs follow those conducted at other agencies, including the FAA, which earlier this month cut positions involving probationary employees.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) objected to the latest round, saying, “The firings jeopardize our ability to forecast and respond to extreme weather events like hurricanes, wildfires, and floods—putting communities in harm’s way. This action is a direct hit to our economy because NOAA’s specialized workforce provides products and services that support more than a third of the nation’s GDP.”
Cantwell earlier had urged that the National Weather Service, a division of NOAA, be exempted from potential layoffs, saying such firings “would jeopardize the safety of the American public.” Crucially, NWS produces aviation weather information and forecasts used by pilots in flight planning.

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