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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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has updated its security protocols for DOT Part 380 public charters, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) alerted members.
While not detailing the changes—the association noted that they are classified as “sensitive security information”—NATA said it was reviewing the updates to ensure its members clearly understand them. “We encourage FBOs and airports that support or offer public charter services to discuss potential operational adjustments with the public charter operator,” the association said.
The updates have been in the works for some time. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-06-17/faa-change-part-380-ops-exploring-special-category">In June</a>, the FAA said it was coordinating with the TSA to review security requirements for passenger screening involving public charter flights, as well as other program alterations under the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program. The comment period for those changes was to have ended that month.
Part 380 security has come under scrutiny as certain airlines and pilots’ unions have sought to close operational differences between public charters and Part 121 air carriers. (Public charters often involve Part 135 operators who fly with U.S. DOT Part 380 economic authority). Proponents of such changes have argued unfair economic advantages and cited both security and safety concerns.
As such, the FAA has stated that it is examining changes to the definitions of Part 135 to close some of those gaps, a move it said may push some public charters into the Part 121 scheduled airline realm. In concert, though, the agency also noted its collaboration on the security side for public charters.
Despite this activity, last year a group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-08-06/house-lawmakers-move-tighten-part-380-security?utm_content=303123813&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;hss_channel=tw-26333067">introduced a bill</a> to close what they called “critical security loopholes,” seeking to require Part 135 operators that fly under DOT Part 380 economic authority with aircraft with nine or more seats to meet the Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program (AOSSP) requirements, which currently apply to scheduled carriers and public charters with a capacity of 61 seats or more. That bill died in the last Congress but highlighted the continuing interest in this area.

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