Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
Air Canada, broadening its regional feed cost-savings efforts, has tapped long-time partner Air Georgian to take over some regional jet flying, including transborder routes, currently served by Jazz. “Air Georgian has been selected to operate a number of additional regional routes including transborder routes in mid-2014 using Canadair Regional Jet aircraft,” Air Canada says in a statement on the memorandum of understanding.
The FAA, going beyond NTSB recommendations, is giving Boeing 757 and 767 operators five years to modify their aircraft to prevent inadvertent battery depletion when a particular backup power mode is activated.
The FAA last week codified a long-underway fix to Boeing 737 seat track attachment joints that cause cracking in related parts and compromise crashworthiness standards. The airworthiness directive (AD 2013-24-13) mandates repairs contained in a series of Boeing service bulletins issued during the last decade. The issue affects all 737s, including an estimated 1,280 on the U.S. registry, though many carriers have accomplished the work.
