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.
The FAA’s temporary shutdown combined with sequestration is increasing pressure on the agency to do “more with less,” and should jump-start serious conversations about how to establish stable funding for the agency, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said yesterday. The agency is “gearing back up” following the 16-day shutdown, and “it will take time to assess the backlog of work that developed,” Huerta noted during an Aero Club of Washington event.
This month’s partial FAA shutdown halted the certification progress of Allegiant Air’s recently acquired Airbus A320 fleet at a critical time, forcing the carrier to push back introduction of its newest Airbus models from November to December, and possibly longer. “Late in the second week of the shutdown, we executed a backup plan, which now assumes no A320 aircraft in service during the entire month of November,” Andrew, Levy, president of parent company Allegiant Air Travel, said Oct. 23 during a third-quarter earnings call.
Eirtech Aviation’s time-saving fix for a global Boeing 737 mandate is winning the Shannon, Ireland-based maintenance provider a who’s who of 737 operators as clients, led by two of North America’s most visible Boeing narrowbody airline customers.
