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

An attempt to pass the six-month extension of the FAA’s authorization and the aviation excise taxes under fast-track procedures failed yesterday as House Democrats push for consideration of protections of the so-called Dreamers and health care priorities.

 


The extension bill, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension (H.R.3823), was brought up for consideration yesterday under suspension of the rules, which limits debate and amendments. The procedure, typically used when a bill is non-controversial, requires a two-thirds vote. But the bill captured a 245-171 margin, shy of the requisite two-thirds.

 


Before the vote, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) released a statement saying she would oppose the bill, citing the need for swift action on the DREAM Act and deadlines facing community health centers, the state children’s health insurance program and affordable flood insurance. “Instead of acting on these priorities, House Republicans are advancing a sprawling FAA extension package laden with completely unrelated and inadequate items,” she said.

 


House leaders are now hoping to bring the bill up later in the week for a vote under regular consideration. This comes as the FAA’s current authorization is set to expire at the end of the month and the House and Senate have been at an impasse on long-term reauthorization legislation.

 


Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, decried yesterday’s vote, saying, “The safety of our aviation system and the livelihood of thousands of dedicated FAA employees across the country should not be used to score political points by anyone…Shutting down FAA programs and projects, and furloughing FAA employees, is not in the best interest of our aviation system or the American traveling public.”

 


In addition to a six-month FAA extension, the bill included provisions regarding flood insurance and the extensions of certain health and Medicare programs.

FAA Bill Gets Mired in Dreamer, Health Care Politics

Miinority leader Pelosi objected to House inaction on the DREAM act, and said health care and flood insurance measures in the bill are inadequate.

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