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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Bombardier manufactures a variety of business aircraft models, provides engineering, and aircraft maintenance services.

Bombardier is building on its Safety Standdown to reach additional audiences through other forums as it prepares for its traditional event this month in Wichita. Scheduled for November 12 to 14, the company’s annual Safety Standdown draws more than 400 professionals onsite with hundreds more via webcast.
In addition, Bombardier is hosting a Flight Attendant Safety Summit on November 7, following a similar event it held in August in Montreal. The second time Bombardier had held the summit, the Montreal event drew 112 cabin crew professionals from five countries, including flight attendants, managers, directors, CEOs, and pilots, to explore important topics like aviation food safety, enhancing crew member health, and galley safety.
These events, Bombardier said, are “part of the company’s longstanding philosophy of working to help make the business aviation industry as safe as it can possibly be.”
As for the Wichita Safety Standdown, themed “Elevate Your Influence,” a full lineup of presentations and educational workshops are planned with industry and government leaders, including Convergent Performance’s Tony Kern, NTSB member Michael Graham, and Leonard Beauchemin, managing director of AeroTechna Solutions.
Bombardier explained that the theme stems from an over-arching premise that it’s incumbent upon all aviation professionals to learn new concepts, apply them in daily operations, and share knowledge with colleagues.
“Bombardier’s Safety Standdown is a must-attend safety event that targets all aviation disciplines—nothing is more important than safety at our collective operations, and the knowledge shared here is absolutely transformational,” said Chris Milligan, v-p of pre-owned aircraft services and flight operations for Bombardier. “Safety Standdown brings together the most sought-after industry experts and thought leaders to share invaluable information about aviation safety, and we are thrilled to be leading the charge in offering essential safety advice and strategies to help our teams and colleagues share ideas and knowledge to reach new heights in their professional roles.”
Safety Standdown has been ongoing for nearly three decades, initially held by a group of Learjet demonstration pilots who wanted to make the flight team the safest possible. The event, typically held in Wichita, grew organically from there, both in size and scope, with attendees across disciplines from flight crews and maintenance technicians to flight dispatchers and schedulers. More than 10,000 professionals have now attended either in person or online.

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