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

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) awarded an International Standard for Business Aircraft Operators (IS-BAO) workshop scholarship to Alison Couch and an International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) workshop scholarship to Ameer Mustafa.&nbsp;The awards were presented during a virtual ceremony hosted by Women in Corporate Aviation.

 


Couch’s aviation career began as a flight attendant, which&nbsp;enabled her to save money for flight school. She later became a part-time corporate pilot flying a Pilatus PC-12 and also served as a safety manager. Later, she became a first officer for a medevac operator. “Her passion for safety fuels her aspiration for a leadership role in aircraft safety management,” IBAC said.

 


Mustafa, a Pakistani native, earned a master's of business administration in aviation management and is hoping to expand his knowledge of IS-BAH safety best practices, IBAC said.&nbsp;He has an interest in aircraft dispatch on an international level, as well as enhancing aviation practices in Pakistan, the organization added.

 


“We congratulate these two workshop scholarship recipients and wish them all the best in their career advancement,” said IS-BAO program director Andrew Karas. “We also want to encourage other aspiring corporate aviation professionals to join WCA and apply for the expanding range of international scholarships available in the future.”

IBAC Awards IS-BAO/BAH Workshop Scholarships

The IBAC workshop awards went to Alison Couch, who is looking to enhance her safety leadership, and Ameer Mustafa, who wants to enhance safety in Pakistan.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN