As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Lynch requested to serve on the Aviation Subcommittee in order to ensure greater transparency and accountability by the FAA in this area.
I will keep working to increase FAA transparency and accountability on air traffic noise and pollution.
Occurrences
Evidence
The issue page says Lynch co-chairs the Quiet Skies Caucus and that FAA reauthorization included Lynch-led amendments so communities affected by noise pollution can join a task force and collaboration program to reduce airplane noise.
On March 7, 2023, Lynch said he had requested an urgent FAA briefing after multiple Logan Airport incidents and wanted updates on investigations and solutions to prevent more accidents.
Assessments
Lynch appears to have materially advanced the promise through later-term FAA oversight actions, including requesting an urgent FAA briefing after Logan Airport incidents and tying himself to FAA reauthorization amendments on community participation and noise reduction. That is real candidate credit on transparency/accountability around aviation impacts, but the evidence does not show the pledge was fully completed as a discrete, finished outcome, so partial credit is the best fit.