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 FAA is encouraging all organizations to incorporate safety management systems (SMS). In an Information for Operators (<a href="https://bit.ly/4gwR40l">InFO 24014</a>), the agency noted its recent release of SMS requirements for charter, certain air tours, and manufacturers earlier this year.
That rule, which expanded Part 5, did not address other organizations such as fractional ownership and Part 145 repair stations, the agency pointed out. However, the International Civil Aviation Organization has established an international standard for general aviation operators flying large and jet aircraft (Annex 6 Part 2, Section 3). Further, the FAA added, repair stations operating with EASA Part 145 authorization are required to have an SMS program by December 2025.
According to the ICAO standard, general aviation operators of aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds and jet aircraft must maintain an SMS “commensurate with the size and complexity of the operation and meet the criteria established by the state of registry.” The SMS should include a process to identify safety hazards and assess the associated risks; a process to implement remedial action when necessary; and provisions for continuous monitoring and regular assessment of safety management activities.
The FAA stressed that “a successful SMS implementation will require more than writing a manual” and suggested that aviation organizations could use third-party providers to assist in developing and implementing their SMS. But operators should determine what compliance is acceptable in the countries of their intended operations.
“An SMS integrates risk management into normal day-to-day business practices. Safety is&nbsp;managed as a core business function where the organization treats safety in the same way it manages other functions (e.g., financial, quality, marketing),” the agency said, adding that organizations, “regardless of type of aircraft operated,” should implement such programs.

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