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

As Congress worked to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown that began on Saturday, the lack of protections for the U.S. aircraft registry once again becomes a major concern for the general aviation industry. The Senate earlier today agreed 81-18 to cut off debate on a short-term bill that would fund the government through February 8, paving the way for the bill's consideration in the chamber. House leaders indicated they would be wiling to vote on a shorter-term package. If passed, that would end the shutdown—at least for now. But the funding dispute on Capitol Hill highlighted that the aircraft registry remains vulnerable to a government shutdown.

 


As the shutdown was about to set in, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a lengthy list of FAA activities and personnel that would be affected, including the aircraft registry, aviation rulemaking, NextGen activities, airman certificate issuance and approvals of unmanned aircraft systems. In all, the DOT said, 17,859 of the FAA’s 45,668 employees were on the furlough list. Those not furloughed are involved in safety-sensitive positions, such as aviation inspectors or air traffic controllers

 


Six general aviation groups—GAMA, NATA, NBAA, AOPA, EAA, and HAI—yesterday<a href="https://www.nbaa.org/advocacy/letters/20180121-GA-Industry-Letter.pdf"> wrote</a> the DOT, urging that the agency reopen the registry, which, the groups argued, performs essential safety and security functions, in line with international aviation treaties. “DOT has authority under the Anti-deficiency Act to staff the U.S. registry as it is vital to protection of human life and property, and necessary for the U.S. to fulfill its ongoing international legal obligations,” the associations said.

 


The groups stressed that the decision to close the registry during the last shutdown, in 2013, had a profound effect on the industry, disrupting hundreds of aircraft transactions valued at more than $1.9 billion. As pressure mounted, FAA officials were believed to be exploring possibilities for reopening the registry, but that did not appear to be necessary in light of the short-term agreement on Capitol Hill.

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