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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While the FAA and Department of Transportation (DOT) over the years have had numerous rulemaking and advisory committees, this ARAC’s charter spans back to 1991. It has an overarching responsibility to provide information, advice, and recommendations to the FAA administrator, as well as the DOT, on a range of issues.
These issues can run the gamut from aircraft operations, airman and air carrier certification, airworthiness standards, airports, maintenance, noise, and training, NBAA noted. Some of the recent activities have surrounded Part 135 training standardization, airman certification standards, and Part 65 repairman certificate portability, it added.
“NBAA’s continued participation on the ARAC gives the business aviation community valuable representation during FAA and DOT rulemaking efforts,” Carr said. “This group is often the starting point for many proposals that result in rulemaking activities. By design, it provides industry voices, like NBAA, the ability to provide input and guidance to the FAA and DOT as they consider new regulations.”
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