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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Kerry Lynch

After two weeks of debate, the Senate is hoping to wrap up work on the comprehensive FAA reauthorization bill shortly. The Senate has scheduled a vote this evening to cut off debate on the bill, preventing a filibuster and clearing a path for vote on final passage.

 


The FAA reauthorization bill has wide support in the Senate, but has been eyed as a venue for a number of other measures, such as energy tax breaks. In all, more than 330 amendments were filed for possible consideration, slowing progress on the bill. Also, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has threated a possible filibuster on a measure involving rest requirements for cargo pilots. In addition to averting the filibuster potential, the cloture vote would end consideration of the amendments.

 


So far 19 amendments have been accepted. A number of those involve unmanned aircraft systems' safety and use, as well as airport security requirements. Another two dozen are expected to come up for consideration today under one umbrella amendment before the cloture vote.

 


Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) last week urged support for the cloture vote. “After two weeks of consideration, it is now time to conclude our work on the bipartisan legislation,” he said. Thune called the process of developing the bill "constructive," and while he wished that the Senate could add more amendments, he said, “In the end, we need to pass this.”

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Senate Hoping To Wrap Up Consideration of FAA Bill

Debate continued on the bill for two weeks as it became bogged down by the more than 330 amendments filed for possible consideration.

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Rule would not apply to insulin-treated diabetes

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Move averts potential shutdown

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His career spanned more than five and a half decades

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The revision relaxes some provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act

New Treasury Rule Limits LLC Information Reporting

Kassebaum pushed through the General Aviation Revitalization Act

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Increased fees are to recover pandemic shortfall

Nav Canada Increases ATC Service Charges 

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