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

A new study highlights gender gaps not only in the pilot population but throughout the aviation workforce, with women accounting for less than 10 percent in key roles. Women in Aviation International (WAI) released the study, a first of its kind, conducted with the University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute with a NASA Nebraska Space Grant.

 


The study, which drew 1,323 respondents from a variety of occupations, found women account for 3 percent of the CEOs in the world’s top 100 airline groups, 2.4 percent of the FAA-certified maintenance technicians, and 5 percent of airline pilots. Only 1 percent of airline pilots are female captains. On the positive side, though, the number of female pilots has increased slightly over the past decade to 7.3 percent.

 


An underlying purpose of the survey was to identify what can bring women into the field, Becky Lutte, an associate professor for the University of Nebraska Aviation Institute, said, discussing the findings in WAI’s Aviation for Women magazine. A passion for aviation was the top influencing factor cited, followed by perception as an adventurous profession, perception as a fun profession, desire to prove personal abilities, and desire for challenge career. Negative factors were costs, “good ole boy” perception, and family life impact.

 


Lutte is detailing the findings this afternoon during a session at Women In Aviation International’s 2020 conference.

WAI Study Underscores Gender Gap in Aviation Workforce

The WAI women in the aviation workforce study found passion for aviation a top  influencer, while "good ole boy" perception a hindrance.

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