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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a bill this week to clear the way for flight-sharing operations. “Innovation is key to competition and accessibility,” Lee said in announcing the measure. “This bill adds definition and clarity to existing rules that will help unleash that innovation in the aviation community. Studies and experience with cost-sharing services have proven it to be safe and effective in other countries."

 


The legislation is one of a few measures that have emerged in the wake of the court decisions that back the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2015-12-22/court-decides-flight-sharing-websites-are-illegal">FAA’s move to strike down Flytenow’s website</a> that connected pilots with potential passengers who would share expenses on pre-planned Part 91 flights. The FAA essentially deemed that activity illegal charter, determining that pilots who solicit passengers using the website are “common carriers” and subject to commercial transportation requirements.

 


Lee’s bill, “The Aviation Empowerment Act,” directs the FAA to revise regulations within 60 days of enactment to ensure a person who holds a pilot certificate is able to communicate with the public in any way that person deems appropriate to facilitate a flight in which the pilots and passengers share operating expenses. The bill adds that “such flight-sharing operations…shall not be deemed a common carrier.”

 


Industry groups, such as NATA, have watched such measures closely, fearing they could open the door to illegal charter.

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