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 FAA is among the federal agencies facing the prospect of another shutdown this year as Congress remains mired in debate over issues such as border wall funding. A number of federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation—which encompasses the FAA—and the Department of Homeland Security, have been operating under a temporary funding measure that extends through December 7.

 


With just a week left, concern in Washington is beginning to grow that Congress is headed toward an impasse and another funding lapse, the third such lapse in 2018. The government shut down from January 20 to 22 and then for a nine-hour period on February 9 this year.

 


When the government shut down in January, the FAA outlined a plan that involved the furlough of nearly 18,000 employees affecting activities such as airman certificate issuance, unmanned operation exemptions, rulemaking, facility inspections, dispute resolution, and financial activities, among others. The FAA also closed the aircraft registry, but the most recent FAA reauthorization shields that from further shutdowns. Air traffic controllers have been exempt from the shutdown.

 


The majority of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Transportation Security Administration have been exempt from shutdowns, including border patrol activities and security screening. But activities such as planning, research and development, regulatory, training, and other policy functions would halt.

 


NATA told members it is monitoring the situation, outlining the current status of events: “As President Trump and congressional Republicans are looking to acquire funding for numerous projects before the end of the year and end of a Republican-led Congress, including money for a border wall, Democrats hope to drag out passage of big legislation until the new Congress resumes, unless big incentives are included like immigration reform.”

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.

FAA Facing Prospect of Another Shutdown

Congress has until December 7 to act on funding of numerous government agencies, including the Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security.

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