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.
FAA has finalized its new first officer qualification rules, opting to give more credit to some flying—including military experience—compared with the draft version of the rule, while staying within the parameters of its congressional mandate.
If mandatory federal spending cuts put in place this year carry over into fiscal 2014, FAA should not be expected to come through as unscathed as it did this year, a top Senate staffer warns. “Everybody expects we’re going to have another critical point in September” once Congress gets back to work after a summer break and the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2014 looms, says Senate aviation subcommittee staff member Rich Swayze.
The Experimental Aircraft Association board of directors expects to return its attention to the search for a new president after the association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., concludes next month, a spokesman says. Former Cessna Chairman Jack Pelton has steered the association as chairman since Rod Hightower stepped down as president in October. Hightower was only the third president of the association that was founded by Paul Poberezny. Pelton has clearly stated he had no plans to lead EAA on a permanent basis, but that he wanted to help with the leadership transition.
