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 comprehensive FAA reauthorization bill, H.R.3935, took a major step forward yesterday when the Senate approved the bill by an 88-4 vote.
However, the Senate also agreed to a short-term extension of the FAA’s authorization, until May 17, to give the House time to pass the comprehensive bill. The FAA had been operating under an extension that had been set to expire today but the Senate action came too late for the House to act before it took a brief recess.
House consideration of the five-year, comprehensive FAA bill will come as early as Tuesday. The lower chamber on Wednesday had already passed the short-term extension.
Senate action had temporarily stalled as lawmakers looked at H.R.3935 as a possible venue for myriad other measures that otherwise may not get considered. However, those measures were not germane to the FAA bill and some threatened to sink it in the House. Ultimately, the Senate invoked cloture yesterday, cutting off debate and preventing those non-germane measures from being offered to the bill.
Senators on both sides of the aisle praised the House-Senate agreement. “Our bipartisan legislation sets clear priorities to strengthen aviation safety standards, implement new safety technology, hire more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors, give passengers a guaranteed right to a refund, advance innovation, and modernize our air travel infrastructure nationwide,” said Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Washington). “With tonight’s overwhelming vote, we are one step closer to getting this bill onto the president’s desk.”
The measure has broad industry support as well. NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said the legislation will “enable general aviation to thrive, drive economic prosperity, and meet the evolving needs of businesses across the nation to ensure America remains the global leader in aviation.”
National Air Transportation Association president and CEO Curt Castagna said the Senate and House leaders have pursued "bipartisan, common-sense policies throughout the FAA reauthorization process to ensure the continued safety, security, and success of the National Airspace System.”

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