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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The European Aviation Safety Agency has confirmed the ability of non-﻿EU-based business aviation commercial operators to use the IS-BAO safety management system (SMS) program to satisfy certain third-country operator (TCO) authorization requirements, the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) advised in a recent notice to affected operators.

 


In 2016, the EU implemented its mandate for non-EU business aviation commercial operators to obtain TCO authorization to conduct flights in the EU. <a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa16700e821822906fe5152ce/files/5ec81bce-ea44-4a30-b884-78e7956bc9be/D_53106_IS_BAO_Compliance_with_ICAO_Annex_19_Safety_Management_by_TCOs.pdf">In a July 23 letter</a> to IS-BAO program director Bennet Walsh, EASA confirmed the requirement for such operators to self-declare and provide evidence upon request of SMS implementation as part of the TCO authorization.

 


But the letter added, “In the ambit of EASA TCO authorization, operators are free to utilize on a voluntary basis any third-party SMS program of their choice, established either by civil aviation authorities, industry associations including but not limited to the IS-BAO program of IBAC, or commercial entities.” Regardless of the program, EASA will assess SMS implementation based on deliverables, EASA further said.

 


EASA already has issued nearly 200 TCO authorization to operators implementing IS-BAO SMS, according to IBAC said. IBAC, however, further advised that only EASA has the authority to determine the methods of compliance. “Non-European authorities do not have that competence,” it noted. The association offers a<a href="http://ibac.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ISBAO_INFO-2016-1_EASA-TCO-SMS.pdf">n online guide </a><a href="http://ibac.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ISBAO_INFO-2016-1_EASA-TCO-SMS.pdf">outlining</a><a href="http://ibac.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ISBAO_INFO-2016-1_EASA-TCO-SMS.pdf"> the application process</a>.

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