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.
Growth in line maintenance demand and a shortage of engineers combined to lower the heavy maintenance workload and revenues at Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering’s high-profile Hong Kong operations in the first half of 2013, the company reports. Heavy maintenance worker hours at Haeco Hong Kong dipped 17.5%, to 1.3 million in the six months ended June 30. Part of the decline was offset by line maintenance contracts, where aircraft handled per day at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) increased by seven to 326.
The FAA, prompted by a NTSB recommendation, is at long last updating decades-old airline maintenance program development guidance that conflicts with similar, newer material.
