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 proposing to require individuals with foreign addresses to designate a U.S. agent for service if they are applying for certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations. U.S. agents would receive FAA services under <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-12/html/2023-12124.htm">the proposal</a> released Monday, including the processing of safety-critical or time-sensitive documents for citizens that are abroad. This would help the agency&nbsp;to act more promptly and efficiently, it maintained.
Currently, only carriers and foreign air carriers must designate a U.S. agent for service. However, individuals worldwide have been able to apply for and hold FAA certificates, ratings, and authorization. The FAA estimated that as of July 2022, some 115,000 such individuals had a foreign address without a U.S. physical address on file.
“Serving certain documents on these individuals outside of the U.S. presents a challenge for the FAA,” the agency explained. “Accomplishing valid service of process abroad requires compliance with international service requirements under multi-lateral treaties…or by other means that comport with the receiving country and U.S.’s applicable laws regulating extraterritorial service.”
When the FAA sends documents abroad they can be subject to administrative, judicial, or other reviews that can delay service for months and increase costs. However, the costs of hiring a professional U.S. agent could run $150 to $300 annually, the agency estimated.
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