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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Under the former policy, an individual would have to wait six months before completing the protocol testing after beginning an antidepressant medication or a change in dosage. Now the wait time is three months on a “single, stable dose,” according to NBAA.
“The FAA has added to the list of permissible antidepressants in recent years, but the required six-month waiting period on a single, stable dose continued to have an outsized effect, as pilots are grounded immediately upon taking their first dose or changing dosage,” Mark Larsen, NBAA director of safety and flight operations, said in an association article about the changes. “The reduction of time to three months is progress toward reducing the barriers that keep pilots from seeking forms of mental health treatment.”
NBAA pointed out that these changes are in line with the recommendations of the 2023/2024 Mental Health &amp; Aviation Medical Clearances Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). Larsen was a member of that ARC.
Other recent revisions are simplifying requirements for insulin-treated diabetes mellitus. The changes would allow insulin-dependent individuals on a continuous glucose monitor to maintain a glucose management indicator of less than 7% rather than 6.5% and a coefficient of variance of less than or equal to 36%, with less than 33% preferred, the association explained.
“We continue to see revisions to medical certification for insulin-treated diabetes as management technology improves and the FAA collects more data,” said Larsen.

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