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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The ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Maria Cantwell (Washington) is expressing interest in expanding the scope of temporary flight restrictions (TFR) to include&nbsp;major events such as concerts.

 


“It has been brought to my attention that FAA is unable to grant temporary flight restrictions for major events such as concerts, even when they are held in venues were TFRs are regularly granted for sporting events,” Cantwell said<a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/4ce43875-5e5f-4049-8d28-144aa803a249/8B4E708A966CB49348E7C199B9FD6706.qfr-responses-to-minority-questions.pdf"> in questions to FAA administrator nominee Steve Dickson</a>. “These concerts often draw a similar and sometimes larger crowd than the sporting events that take place in these venues.”

 


Sporting event organizations&nbsp;may rely upon TFRs to maintain the safety of attendees, she said, while organizers of concerts are not able to have TFRs as another tool in their “massive undertaking to keep their patrons safe during an event.”

 


A TFR would not necessarily stop a bad actor, she acknowledged, but, “A TFR does help ensure that the airspace is clear of legitimate aircraft, and makes identifying the bad actors easier.”

 


She asked Dickson whether, if confirmed, he would work with her to find a method to expand the ability to use TFRs over major events.&nbsp;Dickson responded that TFRs typically are put in place when a federal law enforcement partner identifies a security threat.&nbsp;In the case of sporting events, Congress has explicitly required them.

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