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 Anthony Foxx yesterday steered clear of taking a position on a House proposal to carve the air traffic control organization out of the FAA, saying only that he is planning to furnish a response within days. Testifying before the House transportation appropriations subcommittee, Foxx did say the Obama Administration would push for flexibilities similar to the personnel and procurement reforms furnished to the FAA in 1995. He added in his testimony: “As new legislative proposals are offered and considered, the President’s budget continues to propose expanded funding flexibilities that would help FAA manage its resources in a more efficient and effective way.”

 


Foxx also outlined progress that has been made on NextGen, saying the FAA has been meeting targets. But, he also noted, “We’ve had a spate of interruptions and disruptions,” including the 23 extensions of the previous FAA reauthorization proposal, sequestration and the government shutdown. “That is part of the reason this conversation is happening,” he said, while also promising to submit his thoughts on the proposal within days rather than weeks.

 


Both Appropriations Committee ranking Democrat Nita Lowey (N.Y.) and transportation appropriations subcommittee ranking Democrat David Price (N.C.) reiterated their opposition to the proposal. Price said he had “grave concerns” that the proposal would reduce oversight, sacrificing accountability and transparency. Lowey, meanwhile, said she believes that the proposal would be “a major mistake.”

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