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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As the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new rule governing charter broker practices is set to take effect on February 14, the revisions have raised some questions from schedulers and dispatchers, NBAA said.

 


The association will address those questions during a session on Wednesday during the 2019 Schedulers &amp; Dispatchers Conference. The first half of the session, scheduled for 1 p.m., will cover the responsibility of charter brokers under the new requirements, while the second half at 3:30 will address requirements for operators and direct air carriers.

 


Released in September, the rule creates a new indirect air carrier category, calling for disclosures from both brokers and air taxis to consumers, and spells out some of what would constitute unfair or deceptive practices.

 


“The new rules require the broker to give specific notices of their capacity as an agent of the customer, an agent of the carrier or as an indirect air carrier,” said Dayton Lehman, a former DOT official who is now president of the Aviation Group at Capitol Business Solutions. “It’s not uncommon for schedulers to fill one or more of those roles, and the new rules raise questions as to who is ultimately responsible for a particular requirement on any given flight.”

 


Other questions surround refund requirements for inadequate disclosures, responsibilities of jet card providers and membership programs, and disclosures of pricing incentives.

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NBAA S&D To Delve into New Charter Broker Rule

Set to take effect February 14, the new rule is raising questions among schedulers and dispatchers surrounding disclosure requirements.

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