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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

The International Business Aviation Council’s (IBAC) new FlightPlan Stage 1 IS-BAO program for small operators is now available. Unveiled at NBAA 2019, the program is designed to provide a pathway for operators with one aircraft and one base to gain IS-BAO recognition within 180 days.

 


Since then, IBAC has been prepping the materials and an initial operator has been in beta test with an audit slated to occur in February, said Katherine Hilst, IBAC’s operations manager of IS-BAO program. IBAC has highlighted and detailed FlightPlan Stage 1 (FS1) at recent events, including Heli-Expo last week, and Hilst said the program is drawing a number of inquiries.

 


The association called the program an all-inclusive option that provides a streamlined approach to demonstrating safe operations. “Many small flight operations have limited resources that make it challenging to task crewmembers with initiating a risk-management standard,” the organization said. “Now small operators can benefit from a simplified IS-BAO registration process that includes leadership from expert implementors and skilled auditors to achieve Stage 1 for one all-inclusive fee.”

 


IBAC's Stage 1 program involves three basic phases: obtaining IS-BAO documentation and conducting a web meeting with AviationManuals, a partner in the program; meeting with an FS1-approved implementor to prepare for the program and audit; and then undergoing the audit. The program also outlines a path to Stage 2 registration.

IBAC Rolls Out IS-BAO Program for Small Operators

IBAC's FlightPlan Stage 1 is designed to provide a pathway for operators with one aircraft and one base to gain IS-BAO recognition within 180 days.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN