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.
American Airlines and US Airways have won their first battle against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), getting a tentative start date of Nov. 25 for the trial that would hear DOJ’s challenge against the carriers’ proposed merger. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted the airlines’ desire for an expedited schedule, ruling that DOJ’s request for an early March 2014 start date was not reasonable. “March 3, I think, is too far off,” the judge said in a hearing on the issue. “It needs to be a tighter, expedited schedule.”
Projected air traffic growth in the Asia-Pacific region through 2032 means that 40% of pilots and maintenance technicians hired globally will be needed to meet demand there, new Boeing data show. Boeing’s latest Pilot and Technician Outlook projects a global need for just more than 1 million pilots and mechanics in the next 20 years, including 496,000 flight crew members. Asia-Pacific’s pilot demand is 192,000 over the time period, while the region will need 215,000 mechanics.
In a move that is expected to tee up a related FAA mandate, Boeing soon will recommend thrust reverser inner wall replacements for Rolls-Royce-powered 777s as part of its latest effort to curb a long-simmering issue that has led to at least two major incidents.
