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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After a brief hiatus, Airworthiness Directives (ADs) from the U.S. FAA have once again returned to the Federal Register. The FAA had not published any ADs since U.S. President Donald Trump issued an <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2017-02-02/trumps-regulation-review-temporarily-slows-faa-ads">executive order</a> for a 60-day halt on new rules for a regulatory review nearly three weeks ago. That order also called for a withdrawal of new rules that had already been sent to the Federal Register.


A memorandum from Reince Priebus, assistant to the President and chief of staff, however, referenced exceptions for “emergency situations or other urgent circumstances related to health, safety, financial or national security matters.” The FAA said it had “worked to ensure that no ADs are currently being held.”


Today’s Federal Register includes the first ADs since January 18—three involve Boeing aircraft and another is for Piper Cheyennes and Navajos, as well as two proposed ADs involving a glider and an aerobatic trainer.


In addition, while some questions were initially raised about whether the executive order would push back implementation of the recently released <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2017-01-10/faa-rule-reforms-third-class-pilot-medical-requirement">BasicMed rule</a>, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said the medical reform remains on track for its May 1 implementation date.

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