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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Eight aviation associations appealed to the leadership of the U.S. House Veterans' Affairs Committee to scrap a measure that would cap flight-training benefits to veterans.&nbsp;The measure is included in H.R.4149, a bill introduced by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) in late October to improve veterans’ assistance for flight training.&nbsp;

 


<a href="https://www.nbaa.org/advocacy/letters/GA-Coalition-Opposing-HR4149.pdf">In a November 28 letter</a>, the associations praised provisions in the bill designed to improve access to and delivery of the benefits. These measures include accelerated payments, coverage for a private pilot license when incorporated in a professional flight-training program and flexibility for public schools to contract for flight training.

 


But while the bill would help with the efficiency of the program, the associations protested another measure to put limits on payments. “The proposed capping of program payments undermines the important goal of helping our nation’s veterans enter a field where they are desperately needed,” the associations said. Noting the in-depth, complex training required to become a civilian commercial pilot, the associations added, “Capping funds available for flight-training degree programs virtually guarantees that veterans seeking to use their GI Bill benefits to enter the aviation industry will have insufficient funds to achieve their goals.”

 


The associations call the measure “unfair and discriminatory” for singling out aviation in the funding caps.

 


The letter was signed by leaders of the Air Medical Operators Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Helicopter Association International, National Air Transportation Association, National Business Aviation Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Experimental Aircraft Association and National Association of State Aviation Officials.

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