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

Eighteen business and general aviation organizations are collaborating with the FAA on a “2025 National Pause for General Aviation Safety.” Launched on Tuesday during the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, the initiative is designed to encourage general aviation pilots to take as little as 15 minutes and up to an hour within the next six months to sharpen their focus on safe flight operations by reviewing a video, article, or other information housed on the website GAsafe.org, which contains dozens of links to safety content.
In an open letter to pilots, backers of the initiative noted that improvements in technology, training, and focus on safety have helped with the decline of general aviation accidents over the past 30 years. During that period, the general aviation fatal accident rate has fallen 60% from 1.73 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours in 1994 to 0.68 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours in 2023, organizations pointed out.
“However, we continue to experience far too many completely avoidable general aviation accidents,” the letter added. “We believe every pilot has a responsibility to themselves, their loved ones, the industry, and the public, to be as conscientious, disciplined, and deliberate about general aviation safety as possible.”
Simply participating in the National Pause for GA Safety will improve safety preparedness by focusing on areas relevant to the pilot, the letter stated.

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