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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Over-regulation is threatening the viability of business aviation operators in Canada and opening the door to a gray market, warned the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA). In a report, <a href="https://www.cbaa-acaa.ca/CBAADocs/CBAA%20Policies%20and%20Positions%20Outl%20CBAA%202018.pdf">Creating Modern Regulations and Policies for Business Aviation in the 21st Century</a>, delivered to the Treasury Board of Canada, CBAA stressed that the business aviation segment has been undervalued and is under strain of a one-size-fits-all approach to regulation.

 


The association pointed to a safety record that makes business aviation the “safest form of flight,” but said, “Despite this record, in recent years business aviation has been required to adhere to regulatory regimes intended for airlines.” These regimes have extended down to the small owner-operator entities, CBAA added.

 


“We are now facing the unintended consequences of over-regulation: the ‘work around.’ It is becoming more practical for operators to register aircraft in another jurisdiction and fly a flag of convenience or to use a smaller aircraft that falls below the certification threshold&nbsp;than to adhere to the rules as they currently exist,” the association said.

 


This has created optimum conditions for a gray market in aircraft registration, and as a result, Canada is at risk of losing sovereign oversight, the association contended. CBAA said this is important because the Canadian aviation industry has a footprint that contributes $5.8 billion to the GDP with a total annual output of $12.1 billion, employing more than 47,000 workers with wages approaching $3.5 billion.

 


Compounding the concern that the government has adopted the one-size-fits-all approach&nbsp;are incomplete regulatory assessments and the lack of reduction in administrative burdens. Feeding into this is critical staff shortages in the government, creating a lack of expertise both at the headquarters and regions, CBAA said.

 


CBAA reviewed regulatory policies and made a number of recommendations. Chiefly, the association is urging a modern regulatory framework that includes a collaborative approach between government and industry and involves investment in&nbsp;new technologies.

 


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