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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Nicholas Sabatini, a long-time FAA official whose career culminated as associate administrator for aviation safety, died on November 27. He was 88.
In his roles with the agency, Sabatini became an influential leader, serving as a mentor to those within the FAA as well as in the industry, NBAA said in marking his loss. NBAA credited Sabatini with helping to pioneer the concept of a “just culture” approach to safety during his time with the FAA.
“Nick Sabatini was passionate about aviation safety, with a tireless focus on understanding the root causes of accidents, so that meaningful steps can be taken to avoid similar future tragedies,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “He leaves a legacy of leadership on safety that will benefit the industry for years to come.”
Born in Vasto, Italy, in 1936, Sabatini emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, living in the Bronx, New York, according to his Legacy obituary information. As a young man, he served in the U.S. Army before joining the New York Police Department in August 1958, initially as a patrol officer. He later joined the mounted division and in 1966 the aviation unit, where he served until he retired from the NYPD in 1976.
Passionate about flying, Sabatini then moved on to the U.S. Customs Drug Interdiction Air Unit in Brooklyn before embarking upon a 30-year career with the FAA in 1978. Initially serving as an operations inspector in Charleston, West Virginia, Sabatini would move into multiple roles, including as flight standards division manager for the Eastern region in New York and later director of flight standards in Washington, D.C.
In 2001, he was named associate administrator for aviation safety, managing 7,000 FAA employees that regulated more than 7,300 commercial airlines and operators. Retiring in January 2009, Sabatini served on the board of directors for JetBlue Airways, Advanced Aviation and Positioning Corp., and Wyvern Consulting. He also served on the Auburn University Aviation Management Board and Flight Safety Foundation's board of governors.
A Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recognized his more than 50 years of flying. Sabatini had amassed more than 7,000 flight hours and had earned type ratings in the Cessna Citation I, Douglas DC-9, Embraer EMB-110, and Bell BH-20.

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