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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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ratcheted up his warnings about the ramifications of the ongoing government shutdown, now the longest in history, telling media outlets that the delays are only going to worsen as air traffic controllers face a second missed paycheck. This may result in rolling airspace closures as staffing requires, he said, telling a CNBC reporter this week that if the department thought safety was in question, it would shut the whole airspace down. “We’re not there yet,” he added.
Duffy reiterated that he wants controllers to come to work and do their jobs, but also said they need to worry about feeding their families.
Meanwhile, he has issued a series of tweets on X: “Yesterday 46% of flight delays were due to staffing issues in air traffic control towers. This is UNACCEPTABLE.” Duffy cited the White House in agreement, saying, “It is only going to get worse the longer the shutdown goes and the holiday travel season approaches.”
Other tweets from Duffy: “Yesterday saw another horrible record set. 84% of delays were due to staff shortage. If this shutdown doesn’t end now, air traffic controllers will receive another $0 paycheck…Many controllers are not coming to work because they have to find a job that will pay them.”
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