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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

For the second time this year, the House has passed a comprehensive long-term FAA reauthorization bill, this time a five-year measure that was jointly developed and unveiled with Senate leaders on Saturday. House passage yesterday sends the bill, <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20180924/HR302.pdf">the Aviation, Transportation Safety, and Disaster Recovery Reforms and Reauthorization (H.R.302)</a>, to the Senate, which is expected to act on it shortly.&nbsp;But with a September 30 deadline before the FAA’s current authorization is set to expire, the House also approved a one-week extension (through October 7) to provide the Senate a little more time to consider H.R.302.

 


<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-09-24/house-senate-accord-clears-path-massive-faa-bill">Announced in the early hours of September 22</a>, H.R.302 culminates several weeks of negotiations between the two chambers, providing long-term funding for the FAA—up to $96.7 billion through 2023—addressing numerous aviation issues, and including reauthorizations for the National Transportation Safety Board and Transportation Security Administration. The bill further encompasses other issues such as sports medicine licensing and disaster relief.

 


The House last spring had passed a separate FAA reauthorization measure, but the Senate had yet to act on its own version of the bill.&nbsp;The compromise package&nbsp;includes many of the provisions included in&nbsp;both the House-passed bill and the Senate-introduced bill.

 


“I am proud of the Transportation and Infrastructure [T&amp;I] Committee’s bipartisan work on this legislation,” said T&amp;I chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania).&nbsp;“Not only does it provide FAA programs with stability and certainty for the next five years, its numerous reforms will allow America’s aviation industry to continue to safely innovate, thrive, and lead.”

 


Pete DeFazio (D-Oregon), the ranking Democrat on the T&amp;I committee, agreed, saying, “This important legislation provides the FAA with the long-term funding it needs to carry out its safety mission and guarantees that the United States will continue to lead the world in all things aviation.”

 


In addition, yesterday’s passage has drawn strong support from many corners of the industry. “We are thrilled to see a long-term FAA reauthorization bill that will strengthen the general aviation industry, mandate needed reforms, and provide certainty for the entire aviation sector,” said Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, urging the Senate to act on the bill quickly.

 


“While the journey to consideration and passage has been long, the collaboration and hard work between Capitol Hill and industry is reflected in this comprehensive bill,” added Gary Dempsey, president of the National Air Transportation Association.

 


GAMA emphasized the bill would improve safety, streamline regulatory burdens, strengthen job creation, encourage competitiveness and innovation, and stimulate exports.

 


The association highlighted measures that include the establishment of a Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee; improvements in the Organizational Designation Authorization (ODA) process; an emphasis on the FAA's cooperation with international partners; a directive for a comprehensive regulatory database and a Regulatory Communications Consistency Board; a call for a task force on Flight Standards Reform; a review of the Part 23 implementation; protections for the &nbsp;FAA Aircraft Registry Office in Oklahoma City; and measures addressing the aviation workforce shortage.

 


Dempsey further praised language seeking a review of NATA's Illegal Charter Hotline tips and added,&nbsp;“The legislation contains many provisions that support the needs of the aviation business community, including regulatory consistency, safety provisions that improve the quality of Part 135 incident reporting data and call for a review of permissible flight sharing, and programs to promote the aviation workforce by supporting the next generation of aviation maintenance technicians."

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

House Clears FAA Bill Once More, Along with Extension

The Senate is expected to act shortly, but a one-week extension provides the chamber with a little more time.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Charles Alcock

Kaleyesus Bekele

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Industry group presses for regulatory progress and continuity across the continent 

African Bizav Strives for Greater Market Opportunity

Amy Wilder

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Rule would not apply to insulin-treated diabetes

FAA Proposes Easing Medical Approvals for Diabetic Pilots

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

More In Regulations and Government

African Bizav Strives for Greater Market Opportunity

Industry group presses for regulatory progress and continuity across the continent

FAA Proposes Easing Medical Approvals for Diabetic Pilots

Rule would not apply to insulin-treated diabetes

Congress OKs Stopgap Government Funding Measure

Move averts potential shutdown

Longtime Bizav Attorney Gary Garofalo Flies West

His career spanned more than five and a half decades

New Treasury Rule Limits LLC Information Reporting

The revision relaxes some provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act

Nancy Kassebaum, Architect of GA Product Liability Reform, Dies

Kassebaum pushed through the General Aviation Revitalization Act

Nav Canada Increases ATC Service Charges

Increased fees are to recover pandemic shortfall

FAA InFO Outlines CVR Upgrade Deadlines

Larger new bizav aircraft face 2027 deadline, while small new turbine bizav aircraft have 2029 deadline

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN